October 4, 2014

Ebola in Perspective

I wrote an article in May of 2009 in response to the nearly hysterical swine flu warnings that were causing Americans to stop eating bacon with their bacon and eggs. In that article I made a tongue in cheek reference to the 1995 movie “Outbreak...

October 29, 2009

Swine Flu Panic in Perspective

I usually see about twenty patients in my office, and at least a few patients in the hospital, daily. Over the past several months, my patient load has increased by one third. Almost all of the increase is due to fears about H1N1 influenza. Patients ...

October 26, 2009

Reforming Healthcare: Look to traffic cops and football

Many very intelligent and perceptive conservatives have advocated free market steps that would "bend the curve" of healthcare costs downward. However, I believe that with intelligent reform based upon tried and true principles we can do bet...

October 20, 2009

ObamaCare: Point and Counterpoint

This article is the third of a point / counterpoint series on Mr. Obama's healthcare plan.  1. ObamaCare will prevent insurance company denials.Sorry, Mr. President. As can be seen from the data below, Medicare is the greatest offender in this r...

September 13, 2009

Senator Kennedy's Final Attempt at Salvation

The passing of Senator Edward Kennedy was truly the end of an era.  He had been extolled as the "lion of the Senate."  Understandably, given the impact of his life, the news media were filled with stories about Kennedy, his family...

September 9, 2009

ObamaCare: More Point and Counterpoint

This article is the second of a point / counterpoint series on Mr. Obama's health care plan.  ObamaCare will not promote abortions.It is true that there are no provisions in the current plan specifically providing for abortions.  However, t...

August 22, 2009

Obamacare-Point and Counterpoint

Mr. Obama has gone back on the campaign trail to try to sell his health care reform to the nation.  Mostly hand-picked, sympathetic attendees have been showing up to his town hall meetings.  He continues to make the same points regarding he...

August 5, 2009

Obama: A Modern Day Roman Plebeian Tyrant

Many comparisons have been made between the Roman Empire and the United States.  The Roman Empire was the most powerful civilization on Earth.  Similarly, the United States, for now, is the sole remaining superpower.  However, with the...

July 7, 2009

The Failed Promises of Government Funded Health Care

The health care debate in this country is an old story. It began in 1934 when President Franklin D. Roosevelt attempted to include government-funded health care in his "New Deal" as part of his comprehensive Social Security legislation....

June 25, 2009

The government-funded $10 tomato

How could we end up with a $10 tomato?  The prices of tomatoes, potatoes, breakfast cereal and other commodities are generally kept fairly low because consumers control what they buy. No matter what we do in our current system of shopping, we wi...

June 17, 2009

Government Health Care Won't Fly

It is a common misconception that the free enterprise system is at fault for the current high cost of medical care in the US, a misconception that the current administration has no desire to refute. However, the government's regulatory and control pr...

June 14, 2009

A Real Free Market Health Care Solution

President Obama made it clear this week that he was not going to settle for any delay in reforming health care. There are several proposals on the table ranging from government controlled "private" health care plans such as the Wyden-Bennet...

June 9, 2009

Obama Care: Robbing From Peter to Pay Paul

President Obama is committed to fixing health care. He wants to make health care affordable for all Americans.  In much the same way, Barney Frank and company wanted to make houses affordable for all Americans -- and we know how well that idea t...

June 1, 2009

The Killer of Dr. George Tiller Had No Right to Choose Murder

I was shocked to hear of the murder of Dr. George Tiller yesterday. I had just returned home from church with my family when I was informed by a friend that he was gunned down while he was at church. My initial reaction was one of shock, which progre...

May 28, 2009

What Happened to the Right of the Patient to Choose?

The parents of a 13 year old Minnesota boy, Daniel Hauser, who with their support refused chemotherapy for Hodgkin's Lymphoma, have now told Judge John Rodenberg that they will agree to the treatment. Previously, they had missed a court date and fled...

May 2, 2009

Swine Flu in Perspective

Outbreak! was the title of the movie released in 1995 about an Ebola epidemic, inspired by news reports of outbreaks of the deadly virus in Africa. Some experts opined that "it could happen here" and that it was just a matter of time before...