The Medicine Man
with Michael Arnold Glueck, M.D.
Who Pays the Medical Malpractice Premiums Under Reform?
Monday, September 7, 2009 at 4:00PM In a recent column your Medicine Man noted that President Obama has asked many in the country to sacrifice in order to assist the government in controlling healthcare costs.
Not surprisingly there was one group from whom he asked nothing. His fellow lawyers, and especially those trial lawyers for whom medical malpractice suits are less about justice than about extortion.
Will Health Care Reform Establish a Right to Health Care? — Well, Not Exactly!
Wednesday, September 2, 2009 at 3:25PM It is argued that everybody in a country with "universal health care" has a "right" to health care.
Thus there is a MYTH that "Health care reform" is supposed to correct a moral deficiency in the United States and therefore at long last grant fundamental human rights to Americans. So discerns Jane Orient M.D.,Executive Director of The Association of American Physicians and Surgeons, in a recent AAPS release.
Nationalized medicine will not reduce medical errors and save lives
Saturday, August 22, 2009 at 8:50PM The Institute of Medicine (IOM) has been claiming for almost a decade that as many as 98,000 Americans are killed by medical errors every year. This is based on 173 deaths in the Harvard Medical Practice study and extrapolating to the entire U.S. population.
Nationalized medicine will not reduce medical errors and save lives
Saturday, August 22, 2009 at 8:47PM The Institute of Medicine (IOM) has been claiming for almost a decade that as many as 98,000 Americans are killed by medical errors every year. This is based on 173 deaths in the Harvard Medical Practice study and extrapolating to the entire U.S. population.
We Don't Have to Choose Between the ‘Status Quo’ and the Democrats' ‘Reform’ Plan — An Alternate Better Plan
Tuesday, August 11, 2009 at 6:12PM Many readers correctly have made the point that criticism of the Obama health bill should be accompanied by suggestions for an alternate or better plan. While this writer does not expect you to read the entire 1,018 pages of HR 3200 he asks Whether you think the following 775 word plan might be more palatable.