When someone harasses a physician (or his insurance) into paying an unwarranted medical malpractice claim, who do you think must pay? The doctor? His insurance? Would that it were so! We ALL pay for that fraud. Every one of us absorbs the costs, down to the penny.

     After the last election, when this nation began discussing “The Issues”, the Vice-President-elect asked us to gather in groups all across the country to discuss the things we were most concerned with, and what solutions we might have for those problems.  Needless to say, healthcare reform was near the top of the list.  Specifically, [...]

     By now, most of you have probably heard about the suggested new standards for breast cancer screening; including raising the age from forty to fifty, performing tests less frequently, and perhaps even having doctors stop teaching women to self-examine for lumps.  There are reasons cited by people on both sides of this subject.  There [...]

     President Obama stated that the American Medical Association and the American Association of Retired Persons both support the proposed healthcare reform bill.  That’s not earth-shattering, until you think it through and realize how absolutely and ridiculously unlikely that statement really is.      The AMA claims to represent the physicians of the nation.  In fact, [...]

It’s no exaggeration to say that the health of the entire nation is at risk.