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Will Health Reform Drop Your Doctor’s IQ?
Advancing technology has been blamed as a cause of rising health care costs and yet in virtually every other sector of the economy, when technology advances, prices drop. Witness communication. It once required manual transportation of documents with the attendant …
Health Care – A Tale of Two Countries
Here is an old article that I wrote for Minnesota’s Metro Doctors back in 2005. It still seems relevant today especially in light of “Obamacare”. As a Canadian physician working in the United States, I have an interesting perspective on …
Why Health Care in Not a "Right"
In all sectors of the economy outside of health care, consumers restrain their purchases based on price and value forcing providers to drop costs and raise quality. This does not happen with health care. With first dollar payment, whether by an insurance company or the government, the patient perceives costs as zero.
Minnesota’s Metro Doctors Article – Government Run Health Care
As a Canadian physician working in the United States, I have an interesting perspective on health care in the two countries. I love Canada. It has beautiful geography and wide open spaces. Its people are generally friendly and kind. But when I realized that the government was interfering in the type, quality and amount of medical care that I could deliver as a radiologist, it became too much to bear and I moved to the United States three years ago.
The Character of America Depends on the Repeal of Obamacare
At the time of the American Founding, the words “the right to life, liberty and pursuit of happiness” were considered seriously. As owners of our their lives, the citizens of a newly minted America were at liberty to make our …
Canadian Family in Life Support Battle Places Hope in Michigan Hospital
“We can confirm that we have sent the medical record, which is over 1,000 pages to the Children’s Hospital of Michigan…This is an extremely difficult time for the family, and our goal is to continue to provide compassionate care and support to baby Joseph and his family.”
Canadian Physician Warns, “Obamacare Rationing Inevitable”
Lee Kurisko, MD is a Canadian physician specializing in Diagnostic Imaging and Fellowship trained in Neuroradiology. He is former Medical Director of Diagnostic Imaging for Thunder Bay Regional Hospital in Thunder Bay, Canada. A former believer in the superiority of government delivered healthcare, he no longer holds this view and is an advocate of free markets in health care.
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