The pay differential between U.S. and Canadian hospital CEOs readily explains why U.S. health care is the most expensive and least efficient in the world. Canadians get dramatically more bang for their loonies.
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Marion Mass M.D. vs Healthcare Suits
Dr. Marion Mass is waging a war against the corporate suits who have taken control of U.S. healthcare. Here’s why obscenely compensated hospital CEOs and others driving up the cost of medical care have good reason to fear the diminutive pediatrician and “recovering soccer mom.”
Beware of Spine Surgeons!!!
Dr. John Sarno in a landmark book warned that most back surgery is unnecessary and potentially harmful. Here’s some insight about the character and transparency of a seemingly wide swath of physicians who are attracted to the specialty.
When Hospitals Tell Lies
The tone, tenor, and truthfulness of a company’s news releases reflect the integrity and values of the CEO. A news release jointly issued this week by Spectrum Health in Grand Rapids and Beaumont Health in suburban Detroit suggests that Spectrum CEO Tina Freese Decker isn’t quite the Kumbaya choir leader she makes herself out to be.
The Dangers and Deceit of MD Lites
Nurse practitioners and physician assistants aren’t real doctors. They can’t, don’t, and never will provide comparable medical care. They’re MD Lites – Less training. Less knowledge. Less skills.
Nurses: The Suffering Heroes of Healthcare
The future of unions rests with the growing militancy and labor activism of nurses. Here’s why their lives increasingly depend on successfully taking on richly paid hospital managements — and so might yours.
John Sarno’s Back Surgery Warnings
I’m not a doctor, and I don’t play one on TV. But I know a lot about excruciating back pain, and I’m alarmed by a report saying that spinal surgery is one of the fastest growing medical procedures. If you’re suffering from chronic back pain, there’s a book that can possibly provide you more relief than any orthopod or drug.
Counting My Moderna Vaccine Blessings
Hard as it may be to believe, an irreparable JennAir oven was responsible for me scoring the Moderna Covid-19 vaccine and possibly saving my life.
California’s Inept Pandemic Response
I’m no Dr. Fauci, but it seems obvious why Los Angeles is faring so badly from the Covid pandemic.
A Tale of Two Colonoscopies
Why I will never again drink a can of chocolate Ensure.
