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Crony Capitalism History Repeats Itself
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Highwaymen Patrol and “Pay for Performance” in Medicine
It turns out the the Oklahoma Highway Patrol, in spite of years denying this, are paid on commission. In a crisis of conscience, a trooper, worried about the public’s perception of him and his fellow “officers” has anonymously revealed that...
Starting next year, the IRS will assume responsibility for telling Americans just what kind of health insurance they must buy in order to … well, breathe free air, or something. Taxpayers will have to submit proof of health-insurance coverage along with their W-2s,...
Baby Elephants and Medicaid Expansion
I always learn something valuable when around fellow AAPS (Association of American Physicians and Surgeons) members. Dr. Jane (of Arc) Orient’s analogy for states considering Medicaid expansion: ”…embracing Medicaid expansion is like taking...
The Genie Is Out of the Bottle!
I thought some of you might like to read the remarks I delivered last night at the AAPS regional meeting in Austin, Texas. Almost 16 years ago now, Dr. Steve Lantier and I left the operating rooms of the big hospitals and began our practice in operating rooms that we...
An Impending Obamacare Fatality
Meet Dr. David Mokotoff, soon to be a casualty of the federal government’s involvement in health care. His article in “Physician’s Practice” is here, where he very kindly mentions our facility. He is tired, sick and tired, not of taking care...
“The Unaffordable Care Act” Moniker Sticks
Todd Rice passes on an article, here, showing that the cheapest PharaohBamacare insurance policy for a family of four will cost them $20,000/year. Individuals wouldn’t buy this on their own in a free marketplace, so corporate healthcare “persuaded”...
His usual insight. G. Keith Smith, M.D.
Jonathan Small as Hayek and Bastiat Simultaneously!
My friend Jonathan Small of the Oklahoma Council of Public Affairs writes the following in response to the outcry resulting from a suggested cut to the budget of the State Arts Council and the “economic devastation” that would result: Based on all the...
Oklahoma’s Top Surgeons & Anesthesiologists
Specialists and surgeons from all of Oklahoma’s top healthcare systems choose to operate here.
- Anesthesiology
- Ear, Nose and Throat (Otolaryngology)
- Foot and Ankle
- General Surgery
- Neurosurgery
- Gynecology
- Ophthalmology
- Oral and Maxillofacial Plastic Surgery
- Orthopedics
- Reconstructive Plastics
- Urology