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Total Thyroidectomy for Graves' Disease
Unlike the other treatment options, our recurrence rate is Zero and our complication rate is very close to that number (no surgical treatment plan has a zero complication rate). Our patient satisfaction is virtually 100%.
Reasons Why You Should Consider India if You Need a Knee Replacement
Many people worry that when going abroad they won’t receive the same quality of care as at home. India has some of the premier medical facilities in the world.
Medicare vs. Private Admin Costs: Let the facts stand
The real administrative cost of Medicare and private health insurance relies on how one defines administrative expense. The estimated cost of administering Medicare, for instance, often excludes overhead items that are not only common to private health insurers, but to all businesses. These different ways of accounting confuse an honest evaluation of the government’s Medicare administrative cost.
Q: Where do you get the best price for an MRI?
I called three MRI service providers. One quoted $1,050. A second, $980. These two clinics were free-standing, non-hospital based. I knew better than to call the hospital for a quote, because I had made that mistake in 2008. The third option, an MRI machine dragged around in a 40’ trailer, gave an $750 estimate. We chose the $980 option – and wasted $600. I could have checked Medibid.com, and received the MRI for less than $400 at a clinic just a few miles away.
Dr. Says Don’t Panic over Fukushima-but Do Something
The main purpose of RadStickers is to prevent panic. They are not very sensitive, so they are not going to pick up background radiation, or the excess radiation from a load of bananas or pottery. The lowest reading is 25 rads. An acute dose of less than 100 rads probably wouldn’t make you sick. A dose between 300 and 400 rads causes acute radiation sickness and a 50% chance of death. There’s a widespread belief that the teeniest dose might increase your risk of getting cancer in 20 years, say adding 1% to the 25% risk you have anyway, but there is also much evidence that low doses are actually protective.
What Judge Vinson Really Said
More about Judge Vinson and a link to a 20 page short report by the Judge in pdf form.
Parallel Universes
While defenders of the new law have chattered endlessly about people who are uninsured because of pre-existing conditions (turns out there are only 12,500 of them) almost no one seems to have noticed that 16 million people are not only going to be forced into Medicaid, they are effectively going to be denied the right to buy any private insurance — whether or not they have a pre-existing condition.
Electronic Medical Records in the Age of Government Controlled Internet Kill Switches
In Egypt, the government-imposed “kill switch” stopped the Internet. Medical communication via the Internet also came to a halt. Suppose your local doctor or hospital Emergency Room must obtain your electronic medical record via the Internet from the Health Czar’s cyberspace “cloud,” with access controlled by Washington elites.
Doctors Should Not Commit Fraud to Aid Unions, Says AAPS
Public employees are forbidden to strike. A sick-out is the functional equivalent of a strike. Teachers who ask for a false excuse, and physicians who knowingly provide one, are both subverting the law intended to protect the public against suspension of essential services.
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