retired doc's thoughts

While Dr. Don Berwick , Obama's recess appointee to head CMS , speaks of Britain's NHS in glowing if not poetic and outlandishly l...

Go here to see the labyrinth of provisions, regulations, deadlines,subsides and cross subsidies from the hundreds of thousands of words fr...

An essay that is receiving much attention as it should is available here .The author is Angelo M. Codevilla, a professor emeritus from Bos...

For a while it seemed only a few medical blogs were expressing concern about Dr. Donald Berwick's suitability to be the head of CMS. See...

Apart from some apparently radically contradictory expressed views on patient "centerness " and patients being in control ( see h...

H/T to Keithhennessey .com for calling attention to the fact that Dr. Donald Berwick did not reply to Senate Democrats questions regarding ...

President Obama has appointed Dr. Donald Berwick as head of CMS during Congress's recess .If you like central planning and the notion of...

There is benefit to make a law ambiguous-at least to the bureaucrats whose rule making will give that law operational meaning. There is be...

Ever since I retired I have had my eyes open for a suitable job opportunity. This might work. Thanks to the Carpe Diem blog for the referen...

High fives to the endlessly insightful blog of John Goodman for what I believe is the best designation yet for PPACA which is also known as...

This article , from the WSJ, tells a precautionary tale that has been told many times in the past.It is a narrative with apparent deal-maki...

A recent publication in the publication "Health Affairs" has evoked comments and some concern from advocates of comparative effec...

According to this article in the Christian Science Monitor, the Justice Department says it is -at least in regard to as physicians. This g...

The blog commentary by Dr. David Rind discusses the issue of composite end points in clinical trials and in particular the CREST trial which...

This paper (see here ) regarding P4P and its impact on surgery or the lack of it for the obese patient has received at least two appropriat...

I harp on the theme of the effect of the price controls on physician's fees in regard to Medicare several times. It is good to see someo...

See here for a interesting review of aspects of the history of health care insurance in the U.S. from Peter Zavislak at the blog Medical Pa...

An analysis published in Fortune ( see here ) makes a strong case for many employers to do just that."If you like your health care pl...

Yes, the tittle is sarcastic. Go here to read a clear explanation of how exactly the Independent Payment Advisory Board (IPAB) will limit...

Earlier I had cited the first in a series of posts by DrRich of the Covert Rationing Blog concerning the issue of of the future of the righ...