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		<title>ObamaCare and the Road to Serfdom &#8211; Dr. Lee Hieb</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 May 2012 12:00:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>RalphWeber</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Cost of Health Care]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Orthopedic Surgeon and AAPS Past-President Lee Hieb, MD explains to John Stossel why restoring a free market in U.S. medical care will increase access to care, lower costs and improve quality.  Government involvement in health care hurts patients.]]></description>
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		<title>Explaining Obamacare Part 1: Coverage</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 May 2012 12:00:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>RalphWeber</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Practicing physician Dr. Jill Vecchio gives a non-partisan, thorough explanation of Obamacare and what it means to all Americans. 7 segments: 1) Who will be covered 2) and 3) What are the costs 4) State Exchanges and Employers 5) Doctors and Patients &#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>The Path to Patient-Centered Care</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 May 2012 12:00:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>RalphWeber</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Paying cash for your medical care is &#8220;taking a different path&#8221; in today&#8217;s world of Big Insurance.  Many people, even US Supreme Court Justices, think that you MUST have insurance in order to receive care.  This is a story of &#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>Hyperbaric treatment for near drowning patients</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 May 2012 12:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>RalphWeber</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Health Care Innovation]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hyperbaric treatment, applying concentrated oxygen under pressure, has shown to be highly effective at helping various brain/nerve injuries, including stroke and multiple sclerosis.  Dr. Carol Henricks has a large, walk-in chamber at her neurology clinic in Tucson.  She has helped &#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>The price of an appendix removal? Study shows huge sticker shock</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Apr 2012 12:00:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>RalphWeber</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is an example of how cloudy the waters of the medical market are.  It is not a true free market because of the lack of definition.  If there was transparency in pricing for medical procedures, a true free market &#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>What is Mohs Micrographic Surgery?</title>
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		<comments>http://www.medibid.com/blog/2012/04/what-is-mohs-micrographic-surgery/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Apr 2012 15:43:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laura</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Health Care Innovation]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Mohs Micrographic Surgey]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[skin cancer]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Dr. Drew Claudel, a registered dermatologist on MediBid.com It may have a funny sounding name, but Mohs micrographic surgery is currently the most precise and successful form of treatment for basal cell and squamous cell carcinomas (by far the &#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>What is the best way to protect my skin from the sun?</title>
		<link>http://www.medibid.com/blog/2012/04/what-is-the-best-way-to-protect-my-skin-from-the-sun/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=what-is-the-best-way-to-protect-my-skin-from-the-sun</link>
		<comments>http://www.medibid.com/blog/2012/04/what-is-the-best-way-to-protect-my-skin-from-the-sun/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Apr 2012 21:13:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laura</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Dr. Drew Claudel, a registered dermatologist on MediBid.com With warmer weather and sunny days almost upon us, this becomes a more common question from our patients as we go into spring and summer. Sun exposure is the most preventable &#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>Club Med</title>
		<link>http://www.medibid.com/blog/2012/04/club-med/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=club-med</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Apr 2012 15:45:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laura</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Business and Medicine]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Canadian Healthcare]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cost of Health Care]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The truth of the matter is that if Obamacare is not overturned by the Supreme Court in June, many more people will have to turn to medical tourism just to find care at all, as Obamacare will make it very &#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>Surgery bans elderly patient over her carbon footprint</title>
		<link>http://www.medibid.com/blog/2012/04/surgery-bans-elderly-patient-over-her-carbon-footprint/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=surgery-bans-elderly-patient-over-her-carbon-footprint</link>
		<comments>http://www.medibid.com/blog/2012/04/surgery-bans-elderly-patient-over-her-carbon-footprint/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Apr 2012 12:00:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>RalphWeber</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Free market medicine]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Insurance]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is what happens when a government holds to theories that are not scientifically proven.  Since the UK health system is run by the government, these other false beliefs are infiltrating other parts of society.  Perhaps this silly reason was &#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>How Obamacare Affects Students: What You Need to Know</title>
		<link>http://www.medibid.com/blog/2012/04/how-obamacare-affects-students-what-you-need-to-know/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=how-obamacare-affects-students-what-you-need-to-know</link>
		<comments>http://www.medibid.com/blog/2012/04/how-obamacare-affects-students-what-you-need-to-know/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Apr 2012 16:29:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laura</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Cost of Health Care]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Obamacare]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[There are endless ways Obamacare affects college students, as it does everyone else. I&#8217;m just going to talk about a couple that affect college age students specifically. Many college students will be dropped altogether from their parents’ health insurance plans &#8230;]]></description>
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