Hello! Dr. Keith Smith and Jay Kempton, both of you from the Free Market Medical Association. Another one for you employers who are being ripped off and lied to. Earlier we talked about the cleaning lady or company who was going to charge you $20 a week, as opposed to...
Hello, Dr. Keith Smith and Jay Kempton, both with you from the Free Marketing Medical Association, continuing the Lies You Believe Series. “I’ll see you my house for 50% off. Wait! Make that 60% off!” If you’re not asking, “off of what?” you probably are involved in...
This is a lie for those of you who are employers who are self-funded and have your own health plan. Let’s say there are two administrators competing for your business. One tells you they’re going to charge you $15 per employee per month. The other tells you they’re...
Here is a lie that you probably have been told and likely believe. You’ve maybe been told that you cannot get health insurance unless you buy it from one of these exchanges, or you can’t get health insurance unless your employer is providing it. Maybe you’re retiring...
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...
Hello, Dr. Keith Smith with you on behalf of the Surgery Center of Oklahoma, thank you for joining me. We’ve discussed the two types of buyers of health care, now let’s discuss the two types of sellers. The first we’ll cover is unfortunately the most prevalent; the...
I’ve decided there are two types of buyers of health care in the United States. There are those who care what health care costs and there are those who don’t. Ask the average person how much they pay for their gallbladder surgery. They’ll likely scratch their head and...
Here’s a question for you. A question I was recently asked by a United States Congressman. “Should we forego the opportunity to price 95% of healthcare services when 5% of them cannot be priced ahead of time and up front?” Of course the Congressman did not ask me that...
What do you think of when you hear that someone is uninsured, with regards to their healthcare? It kind of has a negative ring to it, doesn’t it? I think about it a different way. When I think of the uninsured, I think of people who have rejected traditional...
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