Mr. Yarrow came in for a prescription for his 81 mg tablets of baby aspirin which he used as prophylaxis for a coronary attack. He had Medicare and Medicaid coverage. He decided that since Medicare/Medicaid covered his prescription drugs, he would make the appointment for a medical visit to acquire the aspirin on his insurance. […]

Medicare’s Readmission Penalties Hit New High By Jordan Rau AUGUST 2, 2016 The federal government’s readmission penalties on hospitals will reach a new high as Medicare withholds more than half a billion dollars in payments over the next year, records released Tuesday show. The government will punish more than half of the nation’s hospitals — a […]

by Steven Globerman, Bacchus Barua, and Sazid Hasan The Fraser Institute While the provision of health care involves the use of a considerable number of inputs, including medical equipment and pharmaceuticals, health-care services still draw largely on the expertise of health-care professionals. Physicians, in particular, play a prominent role. In this regard, while Canada has […]

Chastity before marriage may have its uses after all The Economist | from PRINT EDITION | Jan 20th 2011 WHEN is it the right time to do the deed? If priests had their way, it would be shortly after the wedding ceremony—but recent studies show such advice is rarely heeded. Roughly 85% of the American […]

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The Government Accountability Institute (GAI) attempted to obtain public voter roll information from all 50 states to independently test for duplicate voting in the 2016 presidential election. Duplicate voting is one type of voter fraud, defined as an individual casting more than one ballot. There are currently no government agencies or private entities […]

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Obituary: Antonin Scalia Always right Antonin Scalia, Supreme Court justice, died on February 13th, aged 79 The Economist | Print edition | Obituary | Feb 20th 2016 IF YOU were bold enough to ask Antonin Scalia questions, you had to be precise. Otherwise the bushy black brows would furrow, the chin would crumple and the […]

March 3, 1931. The Star Spangle Banner became the national anthem. The “Star Spangled Banner” was written in 1814. On this date in 1931, 117 year later, it officially became our national anthem. We were using the “The Star Spangled Banner” as our national anthem long before it became official.  There is no law that […]

“The good physician treats the disease; the great physician treats the patient who has the disease.” —William Osler, physician The trained nurse has become one of the great blessing of humanity, taking a place beside the physician and the priest, and not inferior to either in her mission. —William Osler, physician Jaundice is the disease that […]

“The only certainty is that nothing is certain” wrote Pliny the Elder in first century Rome. And we have heard countless times what Benjamin Franklin wrote in a letter in 1789: “In this world nothing can be certain, except death and taxes.”