This is perhaps my favorite line from Ayn Rand’s Atlas Shrugged with regard to doctors who support, or tolerate, socialized medicine: ‘Let them discover, in the operating rooms and hospital wards, that it is not safe to place their lives in … Continue reading
A DrHurd.com reader, Navy retiree Paul J. Gagalka, from Canada writes in: In Canada we have socialized Medicare, instituted by former Canadian Prime Minister Pierre Eliot Trudeau, in the 1970s. I pay for my Medicare every month at the rate … Continue reading
Reply to responses to Dr. Hurd’s commentary published in Cape Gazette (Lewes DE), 7/3/12 In my recent article criticizing Obamacare, a number of people said I didn’t have my facts straight. As a professional health care provider, the new laws … Continue reading
Gary Johnson, former Governor of New Mexico running for President as a third party candidate, said the following about the consumer psychology of medical care: ‘There’s no advertised pricing right now in healthcare. I would not have health insurance to … Continue reading
The following is an excerpt from Dr. Michael Hurd’s chapter on health care reform in his book: Bad Therapy, Good Therapy: And How to Tell the Difference (2011). The book is available at Amazon.com, at DrHurd.com, and bookstores. The notion … Continue reading
In all the fuss over Obamacare, we hear about patients, insurance companies and businesses. All valid, to be sure. But we never hear word one about the people most affected of all by socialized medicine: Doctors. Ayn Rand said it … Continue reading
Obama and advocates of socialized medicine have won. But have they, really? I was talking with a waitress I know just today. She asked me, “Can you explain, in terms that I’ll understand, what Obamacare actually means — to me?” … Continue reading
The following was written by Daniel G. Anderson of Rehoboth Beach, DE. It is reprinted here with permission. As the five members of the Supreme Court who are not committed socialists determine the fate of Obamacare any day now, it’s … Continue reading
The New York Times reports that a new trove of emails shows President Barack Obama’s White House agreed to help drug companies block a proposal to bring down medicine prices so they would back Obama’s healthcare plan. House Republicans obtained … Continue reading
I heard an interesting comment the other day on a call-in show. “If nobody had ever thought of health insurance, we’d all be able to afford a doctor today.” In a sense, this is true. However, the problem does not … Continue reading
President Obama is reportedly shifting millions of dollars to the IRS to begin enforcement of ObamaCare. This raises the obvious question: What if the Supreme Court strikes down ObamaCare, with a decision expected no later than early June? Anyone who … Continue reading
Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi actually said this recently, in praise of ObamaCare: ‘You want to be a photographer or a writer or a musician, whatever — an artist, you want to be self-employed, if you want to start a … Continue reading