10 Ways Doctors Can Regain Control of Medicine
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July 4th is the time for independent musings and to reflect on the great American experiment and the wisdom and courage of our forefathers.
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Single Payer Cocktail Party Talking Points
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Now that BernieBall has some traction, it's no longer Miller Time, it's single payer time. Moving faster than a cute puppy video on You Tube, people will be chewing on this for many, many months.
Read MoreEight Reasons Why the United States Doesn’t Understand Healthcare Finances
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All of us are patients and all of us are Chief Financial Officers of our own humble bank accounts, cast into the shadows of the behemoth bank statements of major medical institutions. How behemoth, you say? Multi-hospital health systems and their owned physicians can generate upwards of $8 billion in annual revenue. To put that into perspective, the NFL generates an estimated $10 billion in annual revenue. That’s the NFL compared to a single health system. The Washington Redskins generate about $380 million in revenue per year (and still can’t win, but that’s an issue for another article altogether).
Read MoreThe Big Fix: How to Get Patients and Doctors to Change
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American Heart Association guidelines currently recommend a systolic pressure of less than 140 millimeters of mercury for most adults with high blood pressure, or hypertension. But doctors say these new findings support a steeper goal of 120 — a reduction that could translate into doctors putting millions more Americans with high blood pressure on additional medication.
Read MoreObamacare Pending Repeal, but Unlikely
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The U.S. Senate recently approved a bill that would repeal the majority of the ACA in a vote of 52 to 47. If approved at the House of Representatives, the bill will be sent to President Obama who is expected to veto it.
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