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Obamacare Premiums Rise Again, No End in Sight
Some 324 Obamacare insurers across the 50 states and the District of Columbia are proposing a median premium increase of seven percent for 2024,...
Direct Primary Care: If You Build It, They Will Come – Interview
Photo, May 2022, CHC Newaygo Surgical Center Grand Opening
Seven years after first opening its doors, Christian Health Care Centers (CHC), based in Grand Rapids,...
Michael Bloomberg Gives $1 Billion for Free Medical School
Michael Bloomberg’s $1 billion donation to Johns Hopkins University in July will make tuition free for most medical students, covering the full cost of...
Secularized Medicine Harms Doctors, Patients—Book Review
Review of Missional Medicine—Restoring the Soul of Medicine, Mark B. Blocher, M.D., 2022, 175 pages, ISBN 9781792383069, $20, amazon.com (Paperback)
Imagine if you were about to...
Health Insurance Gives Patients False Sense of Coverage – Commentary
By Mark Blocher
Americans have become conditioned to seek peace of mind from a small rectangular plastic card in their wallets – their health insurance...
Ohio Bill Would Reform Pre-Authorization – Commentary
Two people who are suffering from the same curable condition may need the same drug.
One will get it, while the other may be prescribed...
Health Insurance Can Be Hazardous to Your Health – Commentary
Most Americans rely on some form of medical insurance to give them peace of mind when facing health needs.
It is understandable why people fear...
U.S. Senate Bill Expands Health Savings Accounts to Direct Primary Care
“I’m glad to join this bipartisan bill that would break down barriers that patients face when seeking care to allow health savings accounts to be used for direct primary providers."
Direct-Pay Health Care Rescues a Rural Michigan Community
The doctor to patient ratio was 3,000 patients per doctor which is three times more than ideal for doctors to be able to provide the kind of care that patients need at the primary level.
Biden Administration Challenges Religious Freedom of Health Workers
“People are already being forced to quit, and this has created its own set of adverse consequences for individuals and the organizations that imposed HHS rules on them.”
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Assembly-Line Medicine Weakens Doctor-Patient Relationships, Patients’ Health – Interview
Editor’s Note: On July 31, JAMA Network published the results of a survey that found patients’ trust in doctors and hospitals dropped 31 percentage...
Yes, Vote, but Resist the Political Illusion with Elections- Commentary
By John Stonestreet and Glenn Sunshine
Though all elections have consequences—some more than others—they are moments in time. As such, they reflect more than they...
Guidebook Helps Seniors Avoid Costly Mistakes During Medicare Enrollment
Medicare’s annual enrollment period has begun and to help seniors make decisions they will not regret, the non-profit policy organization, the Citizens' Council for...
