Donald R. May
Donald R. May MD, FACS is a retina surgeon residing in Lubbock Texas. In 2003, he ran for the United States House of Representatives. He has served on the faculties of the University of Illinois, the University of Texas, the University of California, Tulane University, and Texas Tech Health Sciences University. He has lectured and taught ocular surgery and medical economics throughout the United States and abroad.
Dr. May served for twelve years on the Health Organization Management MBA faculty, a joint project of the Texas Tech School of Medicine and College of Business Administration.
Thursday, July 10, 2008Patient Ownership of Health is the American WayBy Donald R. MayFiled As: Health CareOur nation champions free enterprise and personal freedoms. We have fought wars to end socialist tyranny, and we stand firm against North Korea, Cuba, and other communist dictatorships. How is it that we are on a path to socialized medicine when Canada, Britain, and even Russia and China are seeking free ... more »»
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Wednesday, July 9, 2008Medicaid, Medicare: Rationing Through a Thousand CutsBy Donald R. MayFiled As: Health CareIf you doubt that government-run health plans lead to rationing, consider Medicaid and especially Medicare.As Medicare prepares to cut physician reimbursement by 10.6% on 15 July, physicians nationwide are preparing to no longer care for Medicare patients. It was more »»
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Friday, May 30, 2008Fishing Expeditions and MalpracticeBy Donald R. MayFiled As: Health CareOne of the most feared occurrences in the life of a medical doctor is the arrival of a legal case that has been filed against him or her. Being accused of malpractice is what nightmares are made of for those of us who have practiced medicine. Perhaps the only worse event in the life of a physician is the ... more »»
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Friday, May 30, 2008Saving Medical Care with Tort ReformBy Donald R. MayFiled As: Health CareWhile most politicians are busying themselves with band-aid fixes for the health care and trial lawyer problems they and their predecessors created, Texas has been fixing the problems. Self-sufficient Texans have looked squarely at the issues and enacted significant tort reform.This tort reform ... more »»
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Wednesday, April 2, 2008The PlanFiled As: Health CareIn a bureaucracy, people do not matter. What matters are the elite administrators and their social plan. The plan is the intent. It does not matter how the plan is implemented. Lying, deception, suffering, and death are all permissible in a bureaucratic health care plan as long as the goals of the ... more »»
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Tuesday, May 20, 2008We Should Not Kill CanadiansBy Donald R. MayFiled As: Health CareThat’s right! If we allow our remaining private health care to be replaced with socialized health care, our Canadian neighbors will lose their access to the high quality medical services presently still available in the United States. Many will unnecessarily suffer and some will prematurely die. Of ... more »»
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Friday, April 18, 2008The Many Faces of RationingBy Donald R. MayFiled As: Health CareRationing heath care is first achieved by progressively cutting the money paid to the principal providers of the health care, especially the physicians. We have seen this happen with both Medicaid and Medicare. With each cut, some physicians will elect to opt out of the health care plan, as they can no ... more »»
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Thursday, March 20, 2008Grandmother Paid Her Own BillsFiled As: Health CareIn the three decades I have been involved with surgical education, dramatic changes have occurred. These changes significantly impacted me and my ability to care for patients. Virtually all of the adverse changes have been due to the intrusion of government into the delivery of health care and the ... more »»
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