Hello, Dr. Keith Smith with you on behalf of the Free Market Medical Association, once again with my friend Chad Schmidt. Chad, thanks again for joining us. Here’s a lie that you believe: all the money that you pay when you pay $100 at the pharmacy goes to the...
Hello, Dr. Keith Smith with you once again on behalf of the Free Market Medical Association, joined by my good friend Chad Schmidt. Chad, thanks for being with us once again. It occurred to me watching the Super Bowl that the only people that seem to be able to buy...
Hello, Dr. Keith Smith with you here on behalf of the Surgery Center of Oklahoma, thank you for joining me. I was recently made aware of a patient who has been plunged into medical bankruptcy by local so-called, not for profit hospitals. Having been charged $10,000...
Here’s a lie you believe: Not-for-profit hospitals don’t make a profit. …Not really. “Not-for-profit” means they don’t pay tax. That’s what it really means. And what a competitive advantage that grants a hospital when they have no tax burden whatsoever. Imagine what...
This is the first in our series, “Lies That You Believe,” and I would like to begin with some preliminary concepts, and frankly, concerns that I have, as we go down this path together. I have unlearned many things in the past and I can tell you this is not a pleasant...
After the first of the year, we are going to continue our celebration of the skeptics in the world with a series that I’ve chosen to call, “Lies That You Believe.” I will cover various areas in the healthcare industry with various experts and we are going to cover...
Recently I was asked to Washington D.C., to testify before the House Budget Committee on the distorting role government plays in healthcare markets. The full text of my remarks can be found here, and the full video of the testimony can be found here for those of you...
Let’s talk for a minute about all of the stories you’ve been hearing and reading about the EpiPen scandal. The company that makes the EpiPen enjoys a virtual monopoly. They are doing what monopolies do, they are taking advantage of the consumer. These monopolies don’t...
TRANSCRIPT: Hello. Dr. Keith Smith with you – Surgery Center of Oklahoma. Principiis obsta, et finem respice. This translates into “Resist the beginnings. Consider the ends.” I love this Latin phrase and I think about it often, particularly when I think about...
TRANSCRIPT: Hello. Dr. Keith Smith with you – Surgery Center of Oklahoma. Thank you for joining us in this video blog series. Let’s keep going with the scams: Medicare and Medicaid. That sounds crazy for me to call those scams, doesn’t it? But it might not sound so...
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