Paul Hsieh
Wednesday, August 6, 2008Putting Doctors on the Medicare RACBy Paul HsiehFiled As: Health CareDr. Evan Madianos has alerted me to the next possible Medicare cost-containing measure -- the Recovery Audit Contractor, or RAC. ... more »»
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Monday, June 9, 2008The Role of Charity Care in a Free MarketBy Paul HsiehFiled As: Health CareI have argued on numerous occasions that the only proper and moral solution to the current health care crisis is a free market in health care and health insurance with charity care for those who cannot afford to ... more »»
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Tuesday, August 5, 2008Right Diagnosis, Governor, Wrong AntidoteBy Paul HsiehFiled As: Economic principles, Health CareTennessee Gov. Phil Bredesen made an interesting analogy in his July 31 USAToday op-ed, "Think gas prices are high? Watch out for health care":
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Wednesday, July 23, 2008LTE on Mandatory Insurance in USA TodayBy Paul HsiehFiled As: Health CareThe July 23, 2008 edition of USA Today has printed my LTE critical of mandatory insurance:Reform health care |
Thursday, July 17, 2008Health Care is Not a Right: The Peikoff VideoBy Paul HsiehFiled As: Health CareAmericans For Free Choice in Medicine has found a video of Dr. Leonard Peikoff's 1993 speech, "Health Care Is Not A Right".(Here is the updated more »»
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Tuesday, July 1, 200847 Million ... Or Not?By Paul HsiehFiled As: Health CareThere are two serious problems with the commonly-cited number of 47 million Americans without health insurance: First, the "47 million" figure exaggerates the problem by a huge amount, as discussed in this short video, "more »»
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Monday, June 30, 2008The Myth of Administrative Cost SavingsBy Paul HsiehFiled As: Health CareOne of the myths commonly cited by single-payer proponents is that a government-run medical system will save on administrative costs. This has already been rebutted by analysts, but this hasn't stopped people from making the ... more »»
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Wednesday, June 25, 2008Kennedy and CanadaBy Paul HsiehFiled As: Health CareAfter I posted Dr. Richard Parker's opinion piece "Senator Kennedy and 'Universal Health Care'" onto the FIRM blog, I received the ... more »»
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Tuesday, June 17, 2008Government Medical System in Japan Requires Mandatory Waistline ChecksBy Paul HsiehFiled As: Health CareAccording to the June 13, 2008 New York Times, government officials in Japan have instituted a mandatory program where all men and women between ages 40 and 74 must have their ... more »»
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Wednesday, June 11, 2008The Law of Unintended Consequences: Yet Another ExampleBy Paul HsiehFiled As: Health CarePhysician-blogger Edwin Leap has some pertinent observations about the EMTALA law and the so-called unintended consequences. Here are a few excerpts:EMTALA, the Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act, was passed in 1986. For those who ... more »» |
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