http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/doctors/ en-us Sun, 27 Dec 2009 04:12:05 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2415602/posts BASRAH — Soon, doctors from southern Iraq may be able to travel to study with their counterparts at the University of Minnesota through a partnership program. Col. Michael Rath, 34th Red Bull Infantry Division surgeon, said he has been in talks to create a program between the University of Minnesota Academic Health Centers and the Basrah Medical and Nursing Schools here. The partnership program would allow doctors from Basrah to travel to U of M facilities for one or two weeks at a time to "scrub in and learn the latest advances in surgical technique," Rath said. The proposed program... Multi-National Force-Iraq http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2415602/posts#comment Sun, 27 Dec 2009 04:12:05 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2414259/posts <p>Changes to Medicare will give the feds control of surgical decisions.Changes to Medicare will give the feds control of surgical decisions.</p> <p>Democrats are touting the American Medical Association's endorsement of President Obama's health plan. But there's an important reason why the American College of Surgeons and 18 other specialty groups are opposed.</p> The Wall Street Journal http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2414259/posts#comment Thu, 24 Dec 2009 04:02:15 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2413680/posts Democrats have been wildly misleading people about where doctors stand on ObamaCare. After bribing his way into AARP and AMA endorsements, Obama has been treating them as the final word on the matter and ramping up the partisan smears against his opponents. But what he is characteristically leaving out is that only about 15-20% of doctors actually belong to the AMA and the vast majority of doctors actually reject ObamaCare. From National Review: "...92 percent of doctors don’t think the Democratic bills address the “real sources of cost increases,” and 94 percent don’t think there can be “effective” health reform... The Macon County Conservative Examiner http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2413680/posts#comment Wed, 23 Dec 2009 14:01:07 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2412726/posts On December 21, 2009, however, Harry Reid sold out the Republic in toto. Upon examination of Senator Harry Reid’s amendment to the health care legislation, Senators discovered section 3403. That section changes the rules of the United States Senate. To change the rules of the United States Senate, there must be sixty-seven votes. Section 3403 of Senator Harry Reid’s amendment requires that “it shall not be in order in the Senate or the House of Representatives to consider any bill, resolution, amendment, or conference report that would repeal or otherwise change this subsection.” The good news is that this only... Redstate http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2412726/posts#comment Tue, 22 Dec 2009 03:45:40 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2404178/posts I went for my annual prostrate exam today and had a discussion with the staff about Obamacare. I have not heard or seen any of this anywhere. The closest to it is the possibility of some doctors retiring rather than being run by the government The big problem with Obamacare, as far as the doctors are concerned and expecially the specialists, as this doctor is, has to do with pay schedules to the doctors. Apparantly both the House and Senate bills mandate any doctor receiving federal funds, such as Medicare, has to accept a salary. That is one of the... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2404178/posts#comment Thu, 10 Dec 2009 00:48:18 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2401878/posts Below is the description of the videos posted on the Docs4PatientCare page at PopModal.com the Conservative Alternative to YouTube. http://www.popmodal.com/Docs4PatientCare.php ------ Hugh Hewitt is interviewed by Jeffers Dodge: Topics include key economic consequences regarding Obamacare, including the future of the Medical profession and the integrity of the American economy as a consequence of the Democrat's actions. The obvious amount of chaos coming from the White House: is it on purpose or mere incompetence? Also, who benefits the most; job creation; and if the bill passes and when the Republicans take back Congress can the damage be reversible? This is the... PopModal.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2401878/posts#comment Mon, 7 Dec 2009 06:51:44 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2399738/posts Like many toddlers, Zak Hessey was a fussy eater who refused his mother's healthy home cooking. Concerned about his falling weight, his parents sought the advice of doctors. That simple act triggered a shocking chain of events that led to the youngster being put into foster care for four months. Paul and Lisa Hessey believe in the long-term benefits of healthy eating and rejected advice to feed their two-year-old son high-calorie snack food To their horror, social workers put Zak into foster care 'to assess his needs' and allegedly threatened the couple with the loss of their parental rights if... mailonline http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2399738/posts#comment Thu, 3 Dec 2009 23:33:25 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2395931/posts BAGHDAD — The exchange of information between medical professionals is commonplace throughout the world. But after years of conflict and instability, many doctors here are out of the information loop. To help Iraqi doctors catch up on some of the latest medical information, U.S. Soldiers from the 4th Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division, organized an alliance between U.S. military doctors and local Iraqi hospitals. "Our goal is to meet with the hospitals monthly," explained Capt. Gabriela Niess, a native of Davis, Calif., the brigade's medical planner. Currently the brigade meets with two hospitals, one in Abu Ghraib and... Multi-National Force - Iraq http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2395931/posts#comment Sat, 28 Nov 2009 18:31:44 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2395552/posts In the House of Representatives, Nancy Pelosi’s version of the bill designed to implement President Barack Obama’s overhaul of the American health care system (and in the process provide coverage to 30 million currently uninsured Americans and possibly illegal aliens) passed, but immediately came under fire for being too expensive. Pundits predicted that a similar version would not pass in the Senate. Harry Reid’s Senate version of the bill had Reid’s progressives looking at what could be cut from the House’s plan in order to make the bill more financially palatable. Since Senate Democrats seem to enjoy spending other people’s... David Horowitz's NewsRealblog http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2395552/posts#comment Fri, 27 Nov 2009 20:37:42 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2393301/posts In today's Los Angeles Times (Medicine section) Francis W. Adams writes not of gun shot wounds but of his seeing the traumas of police officers who have shot suspects. Wounds I began to see (print edition, An NYPD surgeon learns the random nature of wounds online edition today) plays on the emotionalism of his own experience as if it might resonate with others and somehow soothe. Or ban guns. Does it? Dr. Adams described the police shooting of a robbery suspect as ‘..inflicted by another human being.' Dr. Adams begins with a story about a suspect shot by police. Reporting... LA Gun Rights Examiner http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2393301/posts#comment Tue, 24 Nov 2009 11:56:39 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2391989/posts A crowd of more than 300 gathered at Memorial Plaza outside the St. Louis County (Mo.) Government Building in Clayton Saturday afternoon as part of the Million Med March protest against health care reform measures now under consideration in the nation’s capitol. Bob McCarty Writes http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2391989/posts#comment Sun, 22 Nov 2009 14:39:07 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2390373/posts Reform: Only a Bernie Madoff could believe the Senate's health care bill will extend coverage to 31 million Americans while cutting deficits by $127 billion over 10 years. It would be the first profitable entitlement. But that's what Majority Leader Harry Reid, citing Congressional Budget Office estimates, tells us the 2,074-page bill — said to cost only $849 billion over a decade — would do. Like House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, he seems to be following Vice President Joe Biden's admonition at an AARP town hall meeting that "we've got to spend money to keep from going bankrupt." We suspect Reid's... Investors.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2390373/posts#comment Fri, 20 Nov 2009 01:29:17 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2389843/posts Ever heard of "Doctors Without Pay?" Believe it or not, the liberal democrat politicians in the House and the Senate have forgotten about paying doctors in their health care takeover plans. By forgetting about paying doctors, these politicized health plans pretend to cost slightly less than a trillion dollars. And then you remember they've forgotten to pay the doctors!!! Do they really expect doctors to work for nothing? I've heard of lawyers doing an occasional pro bono case, and doctors might do the same on occasion. But, can you imagine case after case after case without pay? That isn't likely... Bloggers & Personal http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2389843/posts#comment Thu, 19 Nov 2009 14:55:51 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2389503/posts Health Care: A government task force has decided that women need fewer mammograms and later in life. Shouldn't that be between patient and physician? We have seen the future of health care, and it doesn't work. We have warned repeatedly that the net results of health care bills before Congress will be higher demand, fewer doctors, more cost control, all leading to rationing. New recommendations issued by the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) regarding breast cancer and the necessity for early and frequent mammograms do not convince us otherwise. Just six months ago, the panel, which works under the... Investor's Business Daily http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2389503/posts#comment Thu, 19 Nov 2009 01:06:31 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2382868/posts WASHINGTON – The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services announced on Oct. 30 a 21.2 percent 2010 pay cut for physicians participating in Medicare. CMS officials said they had anticipated a 21.5 percent pay cut for physicians in 2010, but new data allowed them to lower the cut to 21.2 percent. "The administration tried to avert the pending fee schedule cut in the FY 2010 budget proposal that it submitted to Congress, and remains committed to repealing the sustainable growth rate," said Jonathan Blum, director of the CMS' Center for Medicare Management. In the meantime, CMS officials are preparing a... Healthcare Finance News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2382868/posts#comment Tue, 10 Nov 2009 12:35:15 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2381237/posts The CEO of the Christian Medical Association says government-run healthcare will mean the end of right of conscience for physicians. The House promises a vote on healthcare reform by Saturday, although a version of the bill would still need to be approved by the Senate. Dr. David Stevens warns if that happens, many will feel inclined to leave the medical profession. "It's going to damage right of conscience for faith-based healthcare professionals. We actually surveyed 2,800 faith-based doctors, nurses and other healthcare professionals, and 95 percent of them said they will leave healthcare if it came down to violating their... One News Now http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2381237/posts#comment Sun, 8 Nov 2009 02:22:29 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2381058/posts The American Society of Medical Doctors (ASMD) today released a nationwide, nonpartisan poll* of physicians showing that: 70 percent of specialty doctors oppose current Congressional and White House proposals for health-care reform; 66 percent believe that a government-run health insurance plan would restrict doctors' ability to give the best advice and offer the best care possible to their patients; and More than 60 percent would not accept new patients with government insurance (including 27% who would not accept any patients on the new government plan). Chairman of the ASMD, Alfred O. Bonati, M.D., said that, "As a physician, the results... News-Medical.Net http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2381058/posts#comment Sat, 7 Nov 2009 19:59:53 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2381019/posts Analysis of the pending Obama Administration health care bill indicates that most taxpayers will end up paying more, yet get less medical care than they currently do under preexisting plans. This, however, is not a bad thing according to an Obama Administration spokesperson. “An estimated 90% of visits to the doctor are unnecessary,” observed Secretary of Health and Human Services Kathleen Sebelius. “By eliminating as many of these visits as we can, we will hold down the cost of care. We will also be reducing the frequency with which patients are injured by doctors. Most people aren’t aware that being... Semi-News/Semi-Satire http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2381019/posts#comment Sat, 7 Nov 2009 18:36:36 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2248424/posts Four men accused of planning to kidnap two Roanoke County women and hold them for ransom were indicted Thursday in U.S. District Court in Roanoke. Joshua Kasongo, 19, of Roanoke; Mohammed Hussein Guhad, 19, of Roanoke; Luke Musa Elbino, 19, of Vinton; and Anthony Eugene Muse, 18, of Roanoke are each charged with conspiring to kidnap and attempted kidnapping. Guhad and Muse are students at Patrick Henry High School. Elbino is a student at Virginia Western Community College. Roanoke.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2248424/posts#comment Mon, 11 May 2009 12:45:02 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2377299/posts State doc group fighting health care bills By Paul Merrion Nov. 02, 2009 (Crain’s) — The largest physicians’ group in Illinois, in a break with the American Medical Assn. on health care reform, is writing letters to Congress and running full-page ads in major newspapers across the state opposing legislation nearing critical House and Senate votes. “Our physician members are very concerned health reform is moving in the wrong direction,” the Illinois State Medical Society wrote in an “open letter to Illinois patients” posted on its Web site last week. Like the AMA, the Illinois State Medical Society has expressed... Crain's http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2377299/posts#comment Tue, 3 Nov 2009 13:18:08 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2371927/posts NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) -- Medicare has become a scary word to the doctors at the largest private group practice in Kansas City, Mo. It's so scary that most physicians at Kansas City Internal Medicine, with 65% of its nearly 70,000 active patients age 65 or older, have stopped accepting walk-in Medicare enrollees, said Dr. David Wilt, an internist at the group. Wilt and his colleagues say they are shunning the area's growing senior population because they believe Medicare doesn't reimburse physicians enough to cover the cost of care. "And if Medicare further cuts its reimbursement rates, then we'll be functioning... CNN.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2371927/posts#comment Tue, 27 Oct 2009 14:21:16 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2369981/posts Sen. Robert Menendez, D-N.J., center, flanked Sen. Debbie Stabenow, D-Mich., left, and Sen. Jack Reed, D-R.I., discuss "the urgent need for health insurance reform". GRAND RAPIDS — Senior citizens will find it harder to find a doctor who accepts Medicare if Congress does not stop a 21.5 percent cut in payment rates, say physicians and hospitals. “We might as well start building bigger emergency rooms, because that’s where people will be if they don’t have access to a regular physician,” said Micki Benz, vice president of development for Saint Mary’s Health Care. “In the end, people’s care will suffer, and... The Grand Rapids Press http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2369981/posts#comment Sat, 24 Oct 2009 15:18:18 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2367947/posts A boy of 10 died from meningitis after doctors wrongly diagnosed a migraine and told his mother to give him calpol, an inquest was told yesterday. William Cressey saw five doctors in three days before finally suffering 'catastrophic' brain damage. His mother, Cheryl, 48, repeatedly told doctors that she suspected meningitis but each time was ignored, she said. Just hours before he died the schoolboy begged one of those doctors: 'Please help me. I'm going to die.' By then his face was so swollen that he could barely see and he was drifting in and out of consciousness. Wiping tears... dailymail.co.uk http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2367947/posts#comment Wed, 21 Oct 2009 23:44:01 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2366701/posts 9 hours ago WASHINGTON — In the special interest war over health care, the White House and congressional Democrats have the nation's drug makers and hospitals generally on their side; the insurance industry, not so much. Now the bill's supporters are making a play to lock in the American Medical Association, the organization that says it represents 250,000 doctors and medical students in every state and congressional district. The principal enticement, a $247 billion measure making its way to the Senate floor, aims to wipe out a scheduled 21 percent rate cut for doctors treating Medicare patients and replace it... google.com/hostednews http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2366701/posts#comment Tue, 20 Oct 2009 16:52:55 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2362130/posts I know everybody here hates NPR, but I found this episode of "This American Life" focusing on healthcare, more specifically, why people often get too much un-necessary care, to be quite even-handed. What struck me is how the main problem with our system boils down to a problem with human nature, which to me is a very conservative point. ThisAmericanLife.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2362130/posts#comment Wed, 14 Oct 2009 13:28:13 GMT