Alex Cameron of KWTV discusses with the legendary journalist Patrick McGuigan our unique arrangement with Oklahoma County, one which as I have previously written, has saved the County’s health plan $140,000 (it is actually more than this) in the first three weeks of...
Jon Wilkerson, Director of Human Resources/Benefits of the largest county in Oklahoma (Oklahoma County) bravely proposed to the elected officials of Oklahoma County that they enter into a direct contract with Surgery Center of Oklahoma. Aware of the experiences other...
It is getting more and more difficult to find gasoline without ethanol, even though the demand for the more efficiently burning pure gasoline remains strong. Central planners have decided to remove to some degree this choice from individuals. That’s what...
Dan O’Connor, editor in chief of “Outpatient Surgery” magazine has written yet another stinging article, one he has kindly allowed me to post on my blog…sorry about the disjointed format. Important definitions: ASC, ambulatory surgery center,...
Here is just a glimpse of what the government’s presence in medicine looks like. Read the entire thing if you can, although I admit I had trouble getting through it. Two of the things I remember about Dr. Ron Paul’s office were the picture of Murray...
I have decided to write a blog series on the people in the the medical free market trenches, some of the people I most admire. The positions and stances taken by this group of principled individuals have simultaneously alienated them from certain industry circles...
Not sure how I missed this but here is Michael Miller’s article about our facility written late last year. We are seeing more and more of the beneficiaries of the Samaritan Ministries cost-sharing arrangement, a true alternative to health insurance for those of...
For $1900 we fixed a young man’s broken nose yesterday, a procedure for which he was quoted $20,000 at a local “not for profit” hospital. (Keep in mind that our price included the surgeon’s and anesthesiologist’s fees while the hospital...
Jordan Bruneau, writing for the Foundation for Economic Education has written a brilliant article highlighting the practice of Dr. Lee Gross. In my opinion the beauty of Dr. Gross’s model is that it provides for and has anticipated the need for a transition to...
Two of my favorite Latin phrases with translations follow. The first, a quote from Virgil, was the life motto of Ludwig von Mises: Tu ne cede malis, sed contra audentior ito. ”Do not give in to evil but proceed ever more boldly against it.” The second...
Specialists and surgeons from all of Oklahoma’s top healthcare systems choose to operate here.