Meet Dr. Medicine Today marks our first interview with general internist Dr. Medicine, America’s true health care representative – TV interviewer Lolly Partridge: Thanks so much for coming to Superior TV! We’re so, so happy to have the famous Dr. Medicine. Dr. Medicine: Thanks, Lolly. Traffic was murderous, and this show does keep me from […]
“This is ridiculous” – hospital costs and you (4/30/12)
The Surreal Becomes Real When it comes to American health care, the impossible often transforms into the routine. Add another feature to the list —hospital costs.As I write in my new book “Healthy Without Health Insurance,” people look at their medical/hospital bills and notice “an extra zero. Make that two zeroes.”Consider appendectomies. As reported by […]
The Medical Way to Bankruptcy (2/20/12)
A New Model for Insolvency The American health care system is failing. As it falls, many get hurt. One of the biggest groups are those without health insurance, particularly those who receive emergency medical care in hospitals – including “charity” hospitals. An article in the Febuary 13th New York Times what happens when people can’t […]
Are we taking too many pills? (11/21/11)
Who’s Using What? Consider these facts: According to the government, 20% of American adults have abused prescription drugs – ingesting drugs for other than therapeutic purposes. Perhaps one in four teenagers are abusing prescription drugs. 30% of adult women are using a sleeping pill at least a few nights a week Eleven percent of Americans […]
The end of medical privacy – and how to prepare for it (7/13/11)
Prepare For the End Mark Zuckerberg has declared that privacy is dead. Though he’s done his bit to achieve that state, he’s right. And he’s about to become ever more correct. Americans should view the recent hacking information scandals in Britain with alarm, because the same problems are now here – or will be. If […]