Archives By Month: January 2019
What is “Third-Party-Free” Healthcare?
Gerard J. Gianoli, MD, Neuro-otologist http://earandbalance.net/our-physicians/gerard-j-gianoli-md/ Third-Party-Free means that we do not participate with ANY third party (Medicare, Medicaid, HMOs, Tri-Care, Workers Comp, Motor Vehicle No Fault, insurers etc). Because we have no contract with any third-party payer, we have no conflict of interest with our patients. We are not subject to the coercion, […]
The New California Gold Rush – 2019
Governor Jerry Brown who is 80-years-old is finishing his second of two 8-year terms. His campaign fund is still flush with money which will allow him to continue to be active politically. He leaves the governor’s office on Jan 7, 2019 with a $14.8-billion surplus which he passes on to Democratic Governor-elect Gavin Newsom. This […]
Are the Democratic Socialists Hoodwinking America?
Here’s the difference between a ‘socialist’ and a ‘Democratic socialist’ John Haltiwanger | Business Insider | Nov. 7, 2018 After 29-year-old Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s stunning upset against Rep. Joe Crowley in the New York Democratic congressional primary in June, the word “socialist” was repeatedly used to describe her. Ocasio-Cortez became the youngest woman elected to Congress […]
Sham Peer Review Reaches Global Concerns
A global epidemic of attacks on ethical physicians, which endangers patients, was the focus of the 13th UNESCO World Conference on Bioethics, Medical Ethics & Health Law recently in Jerusalem. Lawrence Huntoon, M.D., Ph.D., was the keynote speaker on “Sham Peer Review: a Worldwide Phenomenon.” Dr. Huntoon, a neurologist practicing in New York, is editor-in-chief of […]
Democratic Socialists Used to Be Decent
Michael Harrington would be appalled at the boorish tactics of today’s DSA. By Michael S. Bernick | WSJ | July 11, 2018 ‘This is not your grandfather’s democratic socialism,” a Washington Post columnist gushes in a video celebrating the congressional primary victory of Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, a member of the Democratic Socialists of America. As someone […]
What the Neo-Socialists in Congress Don’t Understand about Poverty
Success must be measured not by the amount of money we throw at poverty solutions, but by the number of people who are exiting poverty. https://fee.org/people/xavier-underwood/ Xavier Underwood Tuesday, December 11, 2018 In a few short weeks, America will welcome the 116th Congress. I believe the 2016 presidential campaign of Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., […]