Sally Pipes of the Pacific Research Institute makes a very clear and concise case for how ObamaCare's tax increase on the pharmaceutical industry threatens the ability of the drug makers to bring innovative, life savings drugs to market.
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ObamaCare Pharmaceutical Tax Threatens Next Generation of Prescription Drugs
Wednesday, May 16, 2012
The Future of Innovation in the Health Care Sector
Monday, May 14, 2012
In her latest column, Grace-Marie Turner tackles the issue of medical innovation's future. One aspect of ObamaCare includes a significant tax increase on medical innovators. Ms. Turner explains the consequences of this tax:
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HAL, General Surgery News
Thursday, May 10, 2012
D4PC surgeon, David Cossman, MD, provides a brilliant analysis of the pitfalls in the government's push for hospitals and physicians to implement the electronic medical record(EMR). As part of the PPACA (Obamacare), all physician practices must be EMR "compliant" by 2014. Advances in technology have greatly improved many aspects of our daily lives, however, the current design and function of the EMR is not being well-received by most physicians. Furthermore, as Dr. Cossman explains, the imposition of this technology is having a significant de-humanizing effect on patient care and is likely to reduce subsequent generations of physicians to mere drone-like data entry clerks.
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D4PC "Morning Rounds", Monday May 7, 201
Monday, May 07, 2012
Welcome to D4PC "Morning Rounds", your daily review of healthcare news and information from Washington, DC and around the nation. These briefings will keep you up to date on recent developments and our effort to replace the PPACA with patient-centered reforms that protect the doctor-patient relationship and preserve individual freedom of choice.
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Want Health Care Savings? Try a Patient-Centered Approach to Health Reform
Friday, May 04, 2012
Two of Docs4PatientCare's members, Dr. Kenneth Fisher, MD and Dr. Lee S. Gross, MD, have published a new opinion piece for The Washington Times titled, "Prudence of a Patient-Centered Approach, Allowing Patients to Choose Level of Care Would Result in Savings".
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Dr. Scherz: Is Medical Care a Right?
Wednesday, May 02, 2012
Docs4PatientCare's Dr. Hal Scherz has a new column at Townhall.com discussing whether medical care is a right or a responsibility. Dr. Scherz writes:
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Obamacare's Medical Mercenaries, The American Spectator
Sunday, April 29, 2012
The unelected American Board of Internal Medicine Foundation (ABIMF) and its unelected proxies are working hard to get doctors to implement the health law by encouraging them not to diagnose their patients too often. The foundation's "Choosing Wisely" campaign is framed as a voluntary program to encourage doctors to cut down on "unnecessary medical tests."
It is designed to give the doctor's seal of approval to Obamacare's practice guidelines and rationing. And it's the blueprint for the campaign ABIMF is underwriting to get doctors to change how they practice medicine in order to bring about the Obamacare revolution.
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Study: Higher U.S. Health Spending Yields Better Results for Cancer Patients
Friday, April 13, 2012
Last week, D4PC published information that a group of doctors had called for an ending to certain cancer screenings and treatments finding that they were not worth their costs (see here). As D4PC noted, this would certainly raise concerns about whether ending these tests would be in the best interest of patients. A recent study will undoubtedly fuel the concerns over whether ending these tests is in the best interests of patients. The latest study found that the U.S. spent more on health care for cancer patients compared to other developed countries but that there is a noticeably better outcome for patients in the U.S.
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D4PC "Morning Rounds", Monday, April 9, 2012
Monday, April 09, 2012
Welcome to D4PC "Morning Rounds", your daily review of healthcare news and information from Washington, DC and around the nation. These briefings will keep you up to date on recent developments and our effort to replace the PPACA with patient-centered reforms that protect the doctor-patient relationship and preserve individual freedom of choice.
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Obamacare's War On Women: Get The Truth, Independent Women's Voice
Tuesday, March 20, 2012
This week marks the two your anniversary of the passage of the PPACA (OBAMACARE). The White House recently held a meeting with more than 100 left-wing organizations who support the government takeover of American healthcare. As this memo leaked from the meeting shows, the progressive left is engaged in another tax-payer funded public relations blitz in order to persuade the American people to embrace ObamaCare.
The information below will dispute their claims how ObamaCare helps women. The Left states that ObamaCare: prohibits insurance companies from denying coverage to women due to preexisting conditions, gives women preventative care such as mammograms and birth control at no out-of-pocket cost, and will prohibit insurers from charging women higher premiums than they charge men. Let's examine these claims individually:
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