The Doctor Is In

From the New England Journal of Medicine, a recent physician survey on the effects of the pending health care reform legislation on physician supply: Key Findings Physician Support of Health Reform in General • 62.7% of physicians feel that health reform is needed but should be implemented in a more targeted, gradual way, as opposed [...]

As the Democrats in Congress press forward in blind determination to pass their health care reform legislation come hell or high water, the pernicious effects of the legislation are increasingly becoming evident to anyone who takes the time to dig into its details. Though our Congressional representatives cannot seem to find the time to read [...]

The blogs have been abuzz about the big news from Arizona: The Mayo Clinic in Arizona will no longer be accepting Medicare patients for primary care. The Mayo Clinic, praised by President Barack Obama as a national model for efficient health care, will stop accepting Medicare patients as of tomorrow at one of its primary-care [...]

In the dark of night, appropriately, the Senate last night voted to end debate on its health care reform bill, bringing it to a floor vote. From Commentary magazine comes the following assessment of what will be voted on: The non-reform health-care bill does, to the disgust of liberals, make insurance companies very happy. The [...]

Over at Big Government, we get a glimpse of where ObamaCare will take us: Health Care’s Coming Heart Attack – A Pre-Obama Care Death Panel? I am writing of the Obama Administration’s – regulatory decision – to go ahead with a massive cut in Medicare payments to cardiologists. I emphasize that this is a regulatory [...]

From the Wall Street Journal, on the passage this weekend of health care legislation in the House:   The bill is instead a breathtaking display of illiberal ambition, intended to make the middle class more dependent on government through the umbilical cord of “universal health care.” It creates a vast new entitlement, financed by European [...]

Over at First Things, you will find an excellent article on the topic of rationing in health care, written by a clinical oncologist now working for the insurance industry in evaluating claims for medical necessity. Despite what would at first glance raise concerns about being an apologetic for the private insurance industry, this proves to [...]