"Socialism, like the ancient ideas from which it springs, confuses the distinction between government and society. As a result of this, every time we object to a thing being done by government, the socialists conclude that we object to its being done at all." More...
After giving a talk to a group of students recently, during which the long waiting lines for surgery and medical care in Canada were discussed, one of the students defended the Canadian system, saying that Canadians received the same care as we did here- just after...
The American Enterprise Institute has taken notice of our price transparency as well as the CATO Institute. G. Keith Smith, M.D.
laliberty: Keynesian stimulus falls out of the sky in Russia. It may not be as good as Krugman’s false alien invasion strategy, but it’s something. After all, a broken window is a broken window.
In Butler Shaffer’s 2009 book, “Boundaries of Order: Private Property as a Social System,” he very interestingly analyzes the essence of private property, challenging the reader to consider the boundaries of property, and whether without control of...
This article in the Washington Times mentions our facility. G. Keith Smith, M.D.
A fellow physician told me recently that he had seen a worker’s compensation patient who had been treated and released by another surgeon for a wrist fracture. He was now in my friend’s office complaining about his hips, knees, spine and shoulders. The...
What do you get when you combine a patient with abdominal pain, a “do it because I said so” hospital doctor and staff in an emergency room, the war on drugs and some baton-wielding strong-arm cops? A dead patient. This was the perfect storm that claimed...
Black Flag, a company that makes roach traps, known as roach motels started an effective advertising campaign years ago: ”Roaches check in, but they don’t check out.” As a big fan of the free market, it had never occurred to me that a hospital...
Here’s an interesting little article from the New York Times sent to me from Steve Gonzalez at PokitDok.com. You would think that a first rate paper like this would look into why a total hip replacement is $12,000 at one facility and $125,000 at another. You...
Specialists and surgeons from all of Oklahoma’s top healthcare systems choose to operate here.