Archive for October, 2009

Oct 27 2009

Harry Reid, Hero or Public Enemy #1?

You may want to take a seat and a few deep breaths before reading this:  Harry Reid, Senate Majority Leader, was quoted by the Las Vegas Review-Journal as saying that doctors should  “stop whining about this and just take care of their patients.”   What is the “this” that Senator Reid says physicians are whining about?  [...]

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Oct 20 2009

“What You Can Do For Your Country!”

Politicians do what politicians do, and seem determined not to enact necessary tort reform. Medical Justice is not sitting back and waiting to see what the government will do for us.

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Oct 14 2009

Anything For a Buck! “The following illustrates why members of the public may hold cynical views of the legal profession.”

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“The following illustrates why members of the public may hold cynical views of the legal profession.”

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Oct 13 2009

Medical Self-Diagnosis; Fool for a Patient and a Dangerous Amount of Knowledge

There’s an old adage: The doctor who treats himself has a fool for a patient.  That’s doubly true of the patient who treats himself.  There’s nothing at all wrong with everyone being well-versed in a variety of subjects, including health care.  So what’s the issue?  At the bottom line, it’s a matter of objectivity. A [...]

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Oct 08 2009

Sugar Tax?

Several possible “remedies” have been suggested to help fund healthcare reform. Proposals include a tax on soft drinks and other high-carbohydrate foodstuffs. Wouldn’t this have the added benefit of curbing the American habit of consuming the junk that leads to obesity and diabetes? At first glance, that may seem like a reasonable proposal, but there [...]

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