The Oklahoma Health Care Authority (OHCA) which administers Medicaid in the state of Oklahoma and facing anticipated budget shortfalls, has proposed an increase in the copays Medicaid beneficiaries should pay for medicines and doctor visits. Before you give too much...
The biggest laugh I received during my recent talk given in Quebec was when I characterized the operation of the U.S. health care system as no different than a Mexican drug syndicate or cartel. I relayed to the audience the idea that the dysfunction of the U.S....
The most morbid stories I have ever heard about patient care have been told by physicians recalling their patient experiences at the VA hospitals. This is no secret and is nothing new. Whenever a government take over of health care has been proposed, one of the...
I missed a phone call recently from someone who relayed to our receptionist that he was returning my call. Although I didn’t recognize his name, I took him at his word, only to find that he was selling an investment in a stock fund and was someone I had never...
I met Lee Gross, M.D. last year at an event at which both he and I spoke in Ann Arbor, Michigan, an event set up by Dr.’s Ken Fischer and Matt McCord, two more free market axe-swingers. I am going to let the fine article written here by Mike Klein tell Dr....
Two patients from Texas have posted their online review of their surgical experience at our facility here. We continue to see patients participating in the cost sharing ministry known as Samaritan Ministries and remain humbled by the trust each of these patients has...
Michael Carnuccio, President of the Oklahoma Council of Public Affairs, wrote this piece last week about the savings we have brought to the self-funded plan of the Oklahoma County government. He then challenges the state government to embrace the same agreement we...
William Jasper, senior editor of the New American Magazine, spent an entire day with Dr. Lantier and me recently and this article and the videos contained are the result. We thoroughly enjoyed meeting William Jasper and particularly appreciated his thorough research...
Quoting Jimmy Fallon: "It’s amazing what you can achieve when you make something mandatory and fine people if they don’t do it and then keep extending the deadline for months." I’ve relayed this story before but the resignation of Kathleen Sibelius...
While a link to this video is present on our website, I would like to highlight once again the video produced for us by Brad Riggan and Andrew Harris, principals of Liquid Media. The purpose of this video was to give the reluctant “medical tourist” a...
Specialists and surgeons from all of Oklahoma’s top healthcare systems choose to operate here.