MedWorm provides a medical RSS filtering service. Over 6000 RSS medical sources are combined and output via different filters. This feed contains the latest medical blog items that have been tagged with 'dollars'. Sat, 03 Sep 2011 02:03:32 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5159750&cid=t_140438_140_f&fid=35439&url=http%3A%2F%2Fbipolarsoupkitchen-stephany.blogspot.com%2F2011%2F08%2Flilly-payments-to-doctors-database-q1.html (Source: soulful sepulcher) soulful sepulcher blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5159750 Tue, 23 Aug 2011 17:52:00 +0100 5159750 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5159751&cid=t_140438_140_f&fid=35439&url=http%3A%2F%2Fbipolarsoupkitchen-stephany.blogspot.com%2F2011%2F08%2Fastrazeneca-expands-payments-to-doctors.html (Source: soulful sepulcher) soulful sepulcher blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5159751 Tue, 23 Aug 2011 13:40:00 +0100 5159751 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5140259&cid=t_140438_147_f&fid=39273&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FePharmaSummit%2F%7E3%2Fql2N04t8GRU%2Fepharma-west-analytics-when-where-and.html Measuring Digital Marketing Toward Supporting Patient Adherence & Consumer Education Peter Frishauf, Non-executive Chairman of the Board, Crossix Solutions Inc Jeremy Mittler, Analytics Services Director, Crossix Solutions Inc Frishauf Crossix Solutions Inc helps match patient/consumer data to prescription data to help link effective medicine. This company innovates for Pharma in the digital space with patient adherence. Three out of four patients aren’t adherent which results in 125,000 deaths a year. Over $310 billion dollars a year is the cost of non-adherence. Digital is playing an increasing role in improving adherence. How can you measure that your adherence campaigns are successful? Reaching Existing Patients: Direct to Consumer efforts leads to 51% existing pati... ePharma Summit blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5140259 Tue, 26 Jul 2011 21:05:00 +0100 5140259 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5069533&cid=t_140438_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2011%2F07%2F26%2Fbest-of-our-blogs-july-26-2011%2F I call one of my relatives a “bad news bear.” Although he has good intentions, his spewing out the world’s greatest tragedies every few minutes does not help me. In fact, all that worrying and anxiety could hurt. After calling him out on it, he said his main intention was concern. I get that. I think parents today are like him. They just want to protect their children from the onslaught of offenders who are posted up all over the news 24/7. If you love someone, however, how do you best protect them? I think there is a balance between caring and being overprotective. And everyone deals with this in their own way. Some loved ones may minimize your pain because they hurt seeing you upset. That’s why they say things like, “I’m sure you’ll feel better s... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5069533 Tue, 26 Jul 2011 11:02:25 +0100 5069533 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5029140&cid=t_140438_140_f&fid=35439&url=http%3A%2F%2Fbipolarsoupkitchen-stephany.blogspot.com%2F2011%2F07%2Fefficacy-and-tolerability-of-topiramate.html (Source: soulful sepulcher) soulful sepulcher blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5029140 Sun, 10 Jul 2011 15:43:00 +0100 5029140 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4992956&cid=t_140438_140_f&fid=35439&url=http%3A%2F%2Fbipolarsoupkitchen-stephany.blogspot.com%2F2011%2F06%2Fpsychiatrist-pleads-guilty-in-200.html (Source: soulful sepulcher) soulful sepulcher blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4992956 Fri, 01 Jul 2011 04:26:00 +0100 4992956 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4968874&cid=t_140438_140_f&fid=35439&url=http%3A%2F%2Fbipolarsoupkitchen-stephany.blogspot.com%2F2011%2F06%2Fdrjonw-draud-200000-pharma-income-paid.html (Source: soulful sepulcher) soulful sepulcher blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4968874 Thu, 23 Jun 2011 14:38:00 +0100 4968874 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4934339&cid=t_140438_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2011%2F06%2F12%2Fmoney-problems-6-steps-to-transform-your-money-life%2F I don’t know of anyone who doesn’t have a money problem right now, in this economy. Even the wealthiest of the wealthy are fretting because the fortunes they stashed in bonds and stocks aren’t performing with the same gust of the 90s, and, even if you have 5 billion dollars, seeing that figure change by a half of a billion produces anxiety and pacing. I wouldn’t know. But I’m guessing. So it was with interest I read financial advisor Karen Lee’s book, It’s Just Money, So Why Does It Cause So Many Problems?. Lee has worked in the financial services industry since 1987. During that time, she has worked with hundreds of families, individuals, and small businesses to help them work towards their financial goals. And to boot, she’s a regular guest expert on CNN. Here are... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4934339 Sun, 12 Jun 2011 12:28:50 +0100 4934339 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4921724&cid=t_140438_140_f&fid=35439&url=http%3A%2F%2Fbipolarsoupkitchen-stephany.blogspot.com%2F2011%2F06%2Four-patientsourselvesart-and-science-of.html (Source: soulful sepulcher) soulful sepulcher blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4921724 Sat, 11 Jun 2011 01:03:00 +0100 4921724 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4883873&cid=t_140438_140_f&fid=35439&url=http%3A%2F%2Fbipolarsoupkitchen-stephany.blogspot.com%2F2011%2F05%2Fantipsychotics-worsened-cognitive.html (Source: soulful sepulcher) soulful sepulcher blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4883873 Sun, 29 May 2011 15:14:00 +0100 4883873 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4876501&cid=t_140438_140_f&fid=35439&url=http%3A%2F%2Fbipolarsoupkitchen-stephany.blogspot.com%2F2011%2F05%2Flove-story-sanofis-lovenox-and-pharma.html (Source: soulful sepulcher) soulful sepulcher blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4876501 Sun, 29 May 2011 14:16:00 +0100 4876501 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4862879&cid=t_140438_140_f&fid=35439&url=http%3A%2F%2Fbipolarsoupkitchen-stephany.blogspot.com%2F2011%2F05%2Fhow-about-replacing-your-benzo-with.html (Source: soulful sepulcher) soulful sepulcher blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4862879 Tue, 24 May 2011 15:13:00 +0100 4862879 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4841927&cid=t_140438_140_f&fid=35439&url=http%3A%2F%2Fbipolarsoupkitchen-stephany.blogspot.com%2F2011%2F05%2Fmedical-schools-plug-holes-in-conflict.html (Source: soulful sepulcher) soulful sepulcher blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4841927 Thu, 19 May 2011 18:12:00 +0100 4841927 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4841929&cid=t_140438_140_f&fid=35439&url=http%3A%2F%2Fbipolarsoupkitchen-stephany.blogspot.com%2F2011%2F05%2Fnimh-sponsored-study-resulted-presented.html (Source: soulful sepulcher) soulful sepulcher blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4841929 Thu, 19 May 2011 15:13:00 +0100 4841929 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4753949&cid=t_140438_140_f&fid=35439&url=http%3A%2F%2Fbipolarsoupkitchen-stephany.blogspot.com%2F2011%2F04%2Fpsychiatrist-mounir-belcadi-in-dollars.html (Source: soulful sepulcher) soulful sepulcher blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4753949 Tue, 26 Apr 2011 18:47:00 +0100 4753949 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4693487&cid=t_140438_140_f&fid=35439&url=http%3A%2F%2Fbipolarsoupkitchen-stephany.blogspot.com%2F2011%2F04%2Ftainted-by-pharma-income-mental-health.html (Source: soulful sepulcher) soulful sepulcher blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4693487 Thu, 07 Apr 2011 19:52:00 +0100 4693487 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4626794&cid=t_140438_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FZ5n_ytEPc6M%2F By Julian SanchezGlenn Greenwald observes that we're hearing a familiar false dilemma from advocates of intervention in Libya—the same one that was trotted out so frequently in the run-up to the war in Iraq: Either you support American military action, or you must be indifferent to the suffering of civilians under Qadaffi. Bracket for a moment the obvious empirical questions about the general efficacy of bombs as reliable means of alleviating suffering. What I find striking is the background assumption that whether the United States military has a role to play here is taken to be a simple function of how much we care about other people's suffering. One obvious answer is that caring or not caring simply doesn't come into it: That the function of the U.S. military is to protect the vital i... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4626794 Wed, 23 Mar 2011 12:53:17 +0100 4626794 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4525157&cid=t_140438_140_f&fid=35439&url=http%3A%2F%2Fbipolarsoupkitchen-stephany.blogspot.com%2F2011%2F02%2Fdrug-trials-scct-doctor-in-propublica.html (Source: soulful sepulcher) soulful sepulcher blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4525157 Sun, 27 Feb 2011 02:17:00 +0100 4525157 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4414521&cid=t_140438_87_f&fid=39187&url=http%3A%2F%2Fgetbetterhealth.com%2Fwhen-money-isnt-everything-to-doctors%2F2011.01.29 I recently pointed to a BMJ study concluding that pay for performance doesn’t seem to motivate doctors. It has been picking up steam in major media with TIME, for instance, saying: “Money isn’t everything, even to doctors.” So much is riding on the concept of pay for performance, that it’s hard to fathom what other options there are should it fail. And there’s mounting evidence that it will. Dr. Aaron Carroll, a pediatrician at the University of Indiana, and regular contributor to KevinMD.com, ponders the options. First he comments on why the performance incentives in the NHS failed: Perhaps the doctors were already improving without the program. If that’s the case, though, then you don’t need economic incentives. It’s possible the incentives were too low. But I don’t... Better Health blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4414521 Sat, 29 Jan 2011 17:00:01 +0100 4414521 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4265734&cid=t_140438_87_f&fid=39187&url=http%3A%2F%2Fgetbetterhealth.com%2Fconcierge-medicine-the-cost-of-healthcare-room-service-and-other-hospital-amenities%2F2010.12.18 A per­spec­tive in [a recent] NEJM con­sid­ers the Emerg­ing Impor­tance of Patient Ameni­ties in Patient Care. The trend is that more hos­pi­tals lure patients with hotel-like ameni­ties: Room ser­vice, mag­nif­i­cent views, mas­sage ther­apy, fam­ily rooms and more. These ser­vices sound great, and by some mea­sures can serve an institution’s bot­tom line more effec­tively than spend­ing funds on top-notch spe­cial­ists or state-of-the-art equipment. Think­ing back on the last time I vis­ited some­one at Sloan Kettering’s inpa­tient unit, and I mean­dered into the bright lounge on the 15th floor, stocked with books, games, videos and other signs of life, I thought how good it is for patients and their fam­i­lies to have a non-clinical area like this... Better Health blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4265734 Sat, 18 Dec 2010 14:00:25 +0100 4265734 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4258870&cid=t_140438_87_f&fid=39187&url=http%3A%2F%2Fgetbetterhealth.com%2Fmedical-marketing-more-money-wasted%2F2010.12.13 There was a series of ads on the radio awhile back that went something like this: When Mrs. Willis had a stroke, her husband never slept alone. Her daughter never had to go dress shopping for the prom by herself. And her son didn’t have to sit out the Mother-Son dance at his wedding. Why? Because she came to Hospital A…and she didn’t die! There’s another ad for one of the big downtown hospital’s cancer center (sorry, “advanced cancer center”): Every cancer, every stage. Your life depends on it! Let’s see: No one ever dies at Hospital A. And the big downtown cancer center can cure any cancer. That’s certainly what those ads would have you believe. Even the little local suburban hospitals have taken to advertising: Billboards around the neighborhoods, kiosks at the outlet m... Better Health blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4258870 Mon, 13 Dec 2010 19:00:15 +0100 4258870 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4098083&cid=t_140438_109_f&fid=38951&url=http%3A%2F%2Fcarlatpsychiatry.blogspot.com%2F2010%2F10%2Fpropublicas-dollars-for-docs-website.html The non-profit media organization ProPublica just announced a new website/database called Dollars for Docs. It lists cash payments made to 17,000 U.S. doctors by seven large drug companies. I’ve been browsing through the database and I have some thoughts about its strengths and weaknesses—and how it might be useful for patients. First, here’s what these journalists did. Rather than waiting for the provisions of the Physician’s Payments Sunshine Act to take effect in 2013 (this will be a public website listing all payments to doctors from all drug companies), they decided to take matters into their own hands. Seven companies currently post physician payment data, in most cases because they were forced to as part of legal settlements. The problems is that these websites vary in qua... The Carlat Psychiatry Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4098083 Thu, 21 Oct 2010 18:51:00 +0100 4098083 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4082087&cid=t_140438_87_f&fid=39187&url=http%3A%2F%2Fgetbetterhealth.com%2Fdollars-for-doctors-investigative-public-service-journalism%2F2010.10.19 An historic piece of journalism was published today. Six news organizations partnered on the “Dollars for Docs” project — ProPublica, NPR, PBS’s Nightly Business Report, the Chicago Tribune, Boston Globe and Consumer Reports. They examined $258 million in payments by seven drug companies in 2009 and 2010 to about 18,000 healthcare practitioners nationwide for speaking, consulting, and other tasks. This webpage can be your gateway to the project, with links to a database searchable by doctor’s name or by state, and links to the journalism partners’ efforts: Boston Globe “Prescription for Prestige” The Harvard brand, unrivaled in education, is also prized by the pharmaceutical industry as a powerful tool in promoting drugs. Its allure is evid... Better Health blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4082087 Tue, 19 Oct 2010 20:00:21 +0100 4082087 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3833544&cid=t_140438_136_f&fid=39026&url=http%3A%2F%2Fcarolinemfr.blogspot.com%2F2010%2F08%2Fthis-is-wrong.html I find it very wrong that people on life saving medications have to stop taking them for financial reasons. As reported recently in the New England Journal of Medicine, patients were forced to stop taking their life saving medications. First, I will say the drug in question is relatively expensive - $4500/month. That equals $150/day or $54,000/year. But did the drug company have any ability to provide low cost prescriptions to needy patients? I know some that do (and then the question arises, why can't we all get cheaper drugs - but they need to pay for their overhead, blah, blah, blah. But that will be another post on another day.)Now the first patient in question had to stop taking the medication due to decreased family income. When it comes to saving the house for all, or saving one per... Caroline's Breast Cancer Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3833544 Sat, 07 Aug 2010 11:58:00 +0100 3833544 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3671670&cid=t_140438_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FEMC2kCMdGQs%2F By Tad DeHavenIn a recent speech to real estate interests, former Clinton HUD secretary Henry Cisneros preposterously claimed that the recent housing meltdown “occurred not out of a governmental push, but out of a hijacking of the homeownership process by some unscrupulous interests.” The only criticisms Cisneros could muster for the government’s housing policies over the past 20 years were that regulations weren’t tough enough and it should have focused more on rental subsidies. The reality is that Cisneros-era HUD regulations and policies directly contributed to the housing bubble and subsequent burst as a Cato essay on HUD scandals illustrates: Cisneros’s HUD pursued legal action against mortgage lenders who supposedly declined higher percentages of loans for minorities than ... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3671670 Thu, 17 Jun 2010 17:50:21 +0100 3671670 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3671671&cid=t_140438_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FypkWBVPe8Fw%2F By Neal McCluskeyFinished with my woman ‘Cause she couldn’t help me with my mind People think I’m insane Because I am frowning all the time - Black Sabbath, “Paranoid” According to the Fordham Institute’s Chester Finn, I and others like me are “paranoid.” So why, like Ozzy Osbourne, am I “frowning all the time?” Because I look at decades of public schooling reality and, unlike Finn, see the tiny odds that “common” curriculum standards won’t become federal standards, gutted, and our crummy education system made even worse. Finn’s rebuttal to my NRO piece skewering the push for national standards, unfortunately, takes the same tack he’s used for months: Assert that the standards proposed by the ... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3671671 Thu, 17 Jun 2010 15:35:45 +0100 3671671 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3424836&cid=t_140438_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FqLrVGKVqc9Y%2F By Tad DeHavenThe Federal Housing Administration is heading toward a taxpayer bailout, yet the president’s latest mortgage modification plan would further increase the agency’s exposure to risky mortgages. Mark Calabria calls it a “Backdoor Bank Bailout.” The administration’s plan would encourage borrowers who owe more than their house is worth to refinance into FHA-insured mortgages. Therefore, the risk of a future foreclosure on these mortgages would fall to the government and taxpayers instead of private lenders. A recent study from economists at New York University found that the FHA is underestimating its risk exposure. One of the problems is that the FHA isn’t properly accounting for the risk to underwater FHA mortgages that have been refinanced into new FHA mortgages. So... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3424836 Tue, 30 Mar 2010 18:00:51 +0100 3424836 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3354302&cid=t_140438_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2F3DM13Mv6d28%2F By Neal McCluskeyThree days ago I reported that draft, grade-by-grade, national curricular standards would soon be released by the Common Core State Standards Initiative. Yesterday, they were. (If you want to get a sense for what the proposed standards are follow the link to them. Don’t bother with the appendices, though, unless you really want to get into the weeds.) Naturally, in the coming days lots of people will be offering heaps of commentary about what the standards do or do not contain. That’s not my main concern (though reading through the English standards I am dubious that mastery of them could be easily or consistently assessed). You see, the content of the standards is largely irrelevant because the main problem isn’t what the standards are, but stan... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3354302 Thu, 11 Mar 2010 13:45:38 +0100 3354302 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3322343&cid=t_140438_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FLtzF__144MY%2F By Tad DeHavenThe Economist’s Free Exchange blog asks: “[W]hy isn’t federal aid to states more popular, and popular enough to get through Congress, given that nearly every American lives in one?” I would ask the blog’s author: How much more popular would he like it to be? As the following charts show, federal aid to state and local governments has catapulted to record levels. As I’ve discussed elsewhere, Medicaid has been driving the growth in federal subsidies to state and local governments. But other areas, such as education, income security, and transportation, have also seen substantial increases. Subsidizing state and local government is quite popular with federal, state, and local policymakers and associated special interests. It’s doubtful the average citizen... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3322343 Tue, 02 Mar 2010 13:34:48 +0100 3322343 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3302303&cid=t_140438_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FEl2AzaR8Hfc%2F By Mark A. CalabriaIf there should ever be a great time to be a first-time home buyer — it should be now.  Mortgage rates are at historic lows.  Prices have fallen almost 30% across the country since the peak.  Builders continue to add supply into already saturated markets.  Yet, as the Wall Street Journal reports, potential first time home buyers are facing stiff competition from investors…and from the government. Congress has appropriated about $6 billion to local and state governments to buy foreclosed properties.  President Obama is proposing to add another $1.5 billion that could be used for similar purposes.   The argument is supposed to be that these funds would eliminate the negative impact of foreclosures on communities, while also providing shelter to needy fam... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3302303 Tue, 23 Feb 2010 18:31:12 +0100 3302303 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3283608&cid=t_140438_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2010%2F02%2F17%2Fthe-buzzkill-of-google-buzz%2F Google Buzz is a new social networking tool that Google unleashed upon its unsuspecting Gmail users last week. I say “unsuspecting” because suddenly, without warning or notice, this new “feature” appears to Gmail users as a part of their email program. This was an unprecedented way to launch a product — in disguise right in the middle of another product. Google, despite generating billions of dollars in revenue every year and employing the supposedly brightest minds in the industry, didn’t foresee the backlash that would occur. Apparently, despite its ridiculous hiring process and wading through oceans of money, Google can’t hire people who understand privacy. But this isn’t the first time Google has had a lack of empathy or understanding abo... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3283608 Wed, 17 Feb 2010 23:33:06 +0100 3283608 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3279961&cid=t_140438_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2F2_4pez2nMmg%2F By Chris Moody How the Tea Party movement can prove its authenticity. Why Americans’ first loyalty must be to the Constitution “Snowmageddon!” If you’ve been watching the news, recent snow storms both prove and disprove global warming, depending on who you talk to. According to Pat Michaels, both sides are wrong: “The fact of the matter is that global warming simply hasn’t done a darned thing to Washington’s snow. The planet was nearly a degree (Celsius) cooler in 1899, when the previous record was set. If you plot out year-to-year snow around here, you’ll see no trend whatsoever through the entire history.” Did last week’s government shutdown actually save American’s billions of dollars? Podcast:”Scrap ‘... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3279961 Tue, 16 Feb 2010 22:40:30 +0100 3279961 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3204835&cid=t_140438_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2Fd8BAbrjpHac%2F By Michael F. CannonThe American people don’t want President Obama’s health care plan (see below). Massachusetts voters don’t want it. The White House knows that the people don’t want it.  In Ohio last week, President Obama said: the process has been less than pretty. When you deal with 535 members of Congress, it’s going to be a somewhat ugly process…when you put it all together, it starts looking like just this monstrosity. And it makes people fearful. And it makes people afraid. And they start thinking, you know what, this looks like something that is going to cost me tax dollars and I already have insurance so why should I support this. Yet Democrats still want ObamaCare to become law, and they are very close to making it happen.  If Speaker Nancy... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3204835 Mon, 25 Jan 2010 16:42:38 +0100 3204835 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2939276&cid=t_140438_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2Fw2gvp0KAmyY%2F Yesterday, I offered the Fordham Foundation’s Andy Smarick an answer to a burning question: What is the proper federal role in education? It was a question prompted by repeatedly mixed signals coming from U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan about whether Washington will be a tough guy, coddler, or something in between when it comes to dealing with states and school districts.  And what was my answer? The proper federal role is no role, because the Constitution gives the feds no authority over American education. Not surprisingly, Smarick isn’t going for that. Unfortunately, his reasoning confirms my suspicions: Rather than offering a defense based even slightly on what the Constitution says, Smarick essentially asserts that the supreme law of the land is irrele... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2939276 Wed, 28 Oct 2009 19:35:55 +0100 2939276 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2927288&cid=t_140438_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FjOO2iJQRRsE%2F President Obama and his congressional allies want to create yet another government-run health insurance program (call it Fannie Med) to cover yet another segment of the American public (the non-elderly non-poor). The whole idea that Fannie Med would be an “option” is a ruse. Like the three “public options” we’ve already got – Medicare, Medicaid, and the State Children’s Health Insurance Program – Fannie Med would drag down the quality of care for publicly and privately insured patients alike.  Yet despite offering an inferior product, Fannie Med would still drive private insurers out of business because it would exploit implicit and explicit government subsidies.  Pretty soon, Fannie Med will be the only game in town – just ask its architect, Jacob Hacker. Now the quest... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2927288 Mon, 26 Oct 2009 14:35:10 +0100 2927288 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2823969&cid=t_140438_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FnrE1pz9sFzE%2F The FDIC’s insurance fund, which it uses to pay off despositors in failed banks, is getting low. One way it can bolster its reserves is to draw on a $100 billion line of credit from the Treasury. Instead, however, Senior regulators say they are seriously considering a plan to have the nation’s healthy banks lend billions of dollars to rescue the insurance fund that protects bank depositors. That would enable the fund, which is rapidly running out of money because of a wave of bank failures, to continue to rescue the sickest banks. A brilliant scheme to avoid another taxpayer bailout? Not really. The banks are willing to lend because the FDIC will pay them a good interest rate. Repayment is virtually guaranteed because the FDIC can always draw on its line of credit. Thus the banks... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2823969 Tue, 22 Sep 2009 20:23:12 +0100 2823969 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2716070&cid=t_140438_117_f&fid=38158&url=http%3A%2F%2Famericanacupuncture.blogspot.com%2F2009%2F08%2Fhealth-plan-is-all-about-dollars-and.html As a medical physician for over 50 years, I strive to give you the best medical information on controversial medical subjects and let you, the reader, come to your own conclusions. I have no ties to any organization, pharmaceutical, or lobby group. As an practicing medical acupuncturist since 1982, I find western medicine and medical acupuncture are very complimentary that results in astounding healing in pain management, addictions to cigarettes and food, and a host of other maladies. Let me know how we are doing. Your constructive comments are always appreciated. Click the RSS post button on the upper right hand corner if you would like to receive by email our future medical blogs. Visit http://www.americanacupuncture.com/ for more detailed information on healing.HEALTH PLAN IS ALL ABOUT... Dr. Needles Medical Blogs blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2716070 Thu, 20 Aug 2009 02:13:00 +0100 2716070 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2712068&cid=t_140438_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FWULGiMdR0s8%2F The New York Times has a story on some of the more controversial ways in which state and local government are using so-called federal “stimulus” dollars.  If anything, it provides some interesting background on the history of the word boondoggle (not surprisingly, it entered the American lexicon during the New Deal).  The gist of the piece is that one person’s boondoggle is another person’s…turtle crossing…skateboard park…or airport for an island in Alaska with 170 people on it.  One New Dealer found this out decades ago: Robert D. Leighninger Jr., a sociologist who wrote “Long-Range Public Investment: The Forgotten Legacy of the New Deal” (South Carolina University Press, 2007), recounted the story of a Works Progress Administration officia... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2712068 Tue, 18 Aug 2009 20:45:42 +0100 2712068 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2510289&cid=t_140438_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2Fsv9adaBOhpI%2F Each semester, when I speak to Cato’s new employees and interns, I give them a quick discussion of some of the reasons that government tends to grow, such as the problem of concentrated benefits and diffuse costs and what James Payne called “the culture of spending.” In his book by that title, Payne noted: The congressman lives in a special world, a curiously isolated world that is dominated by the advocates of government action. He is subjected to a broad chorus of persuasion that incessantly urges the virtues of spending programs. Year after year he hears how necessary government programs are. Day after day, year after year, people come to the congressman’s office with stories about why some particular government program is needed — to help their grandfathe... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2510289 Tue, 23 Jun 2009 13:09:11 +0100 2510289 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2389671&cid=t_140438_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2F-07jcqg6oek%2F As the bank stress tests are released, it is vital that the public receive specific and detailed information on each financial institution.  The Administration’s and the Federal Reserve’s continued policy of attempting to disguise the differing health of each bank has been a failure.  What is best for the taxpayer and the investing public is sufficient information to separate the good banks from the bad. For those institutions which lack sufficient capital to remain solvent, they should seek private capital or else be closed and resolved.  Too many taxpayer dollars have already been wasted keeping alive failed institutions.  The Administration’s policy of keeping failed institutions on taxpayer-financed life-support only serves to retard the market’s ability... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2389671 Mon, 04 May 2009 19:25:02 +0100 2389671 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2380734&cid=t_140438_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2F0Qzsts6wkpI%2F Billions and billions of dollars! Get yours today! I’ve written before about the massive lobbying game in Washington to get your own special interests written into the stimulus and budget bills. And about the efforts to pressure governments into spending that money NOW. Today a friend sent me a new piece of the incredible expanding stimulus economy. A publishing company has created a new newsletter on how to keep up with “ever-changing opportunities and the complex requirements to apply for them” — The Money for Main Street Monitor. Yes, for only $229 a year, with this special offer, you can keep up with the lucrative and ever-changing “new stimulus funding opportunities.” I’m omitting the specifics so as not to give this parasitical industry any... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2380734 Wed, 29 Apr 2009 21:20:08 +0100 2380734 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2364921&cid=t_140438_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FEEwxPca-7E0%2F At Capitol News Connection, brought to you each morning by your tax dollars, they reported this morning: With more than a trillion tax dollars tied up in the Troubled Asset Relief Program and stimulus spending, Congress is trying to figure out how to account for every penny. Uh-huh. Congress is always on top of our federal dollars. Coincidentally, just hours after the CNC report, the Government Accountability Office released a report warning about the lack of oversight procedures in the kitchen-sink stimulus bill. And a few days earlier the inspector general for the TARP program reported that Treasury has no real details on how TARP funds are being spent. In fact, IG Neil Barofsky told Congress that there were 20 criminal investigations into possible TARP fraud already underway. Two mont... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2364921 Thu, 23 Apr 2009 23:38:18 +0100 2364921 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2265247&cid=t_140438_97_f&fid=35606&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.theangriestpharmacist.com%2F2009%2F03%2F12%2Fnot-with-my-tax-dollars%2F Here’s a link to the West Virginia legislation that I “wrote”: http://www.notwithmytaxdollars.com/ Your email:Subscribe   Unsubscribe (Source: The Angriest Pharmacist) The Angriest Pharmacist blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2265247 Fri, 13 Mar 2009 02:23:25 +0100 2265247 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1494305&cid=t_140438_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2008%2F06%2F04%2Feconomic-costs-of-serious-mental-illness%2F Individually, we don’t much care about global or societal costs of our care. When we hear about the budget deficit or anything to do with healthcare costs in the billions, we tend to tune out. Why? Well, most of us simply can’t wrap our heads around such numbers. We deal in the $10s and $20s of everyday life, the $100 cable bill, and the $1,500 mortgage. Few of us know what tens of thousands of dollars looks like at a time, much less millions. Much less billions or trillians. When get to those numbers, it just becomes meaningless. So my eyes tend to gloss over when people ramble on about “disease management” and savings of “billions of dollars” if only we could convince employers to better recognize that mental illness has a significant impact on thei... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1494305 Thu, 05 Jun 2008 00:25:12 +0100 1494305 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=828447&cid=t_140438_134_f&fid=36049&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FDiabetesNotes%2F%7E3%2F149188995%2F I have to do it this morning. I have been fighting the urge for over 2 weeks now. Every morning as I wade through all the new and updated diabetes information, I come across the most obvious, ridiculous almost “slap in your face” kind of findings. So I am going to share a few with you this very fine morning. Now don’t laugh too hard! To think that our tax dollars and private investors fund such research is mind blowing… Staying active — getting regular physical exercise, helps prevent and control diabetes, advises a U.S. expert. Researchers have found new evidence that soft drinks sweetened with high-fructose corn syrup (HFCS) may contribute to the development of diabetes, particularly in children. In a laboratory study of commonly consumed carbonated bevera... Diabetes Notes blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=828447 Wed, 29 Aug 2007 01:26:20 +0100 828447 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=825592&cid=t_140438_134_f&fid=36049&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FDiabetesNotes%2F%7E3%2F149188995%2F I have to do it this morning. I have been fighting the urge for over 2 weeks now. Every morning as I wade through all the new and updated diabetes information, I come across the most obvious, ridiculous almost “slap in your face” kind of findings. So I am going to share a few with you this very fine morning. Now don’t laugh too hard! To think that our tax dollars and private investors fund such research is mind blowing… Staying active — getting regular physical exercise, helps prevent and control diabetes, advises a U.S. expert. Researchers have found new evidence that soft drinks sweetened with high-fructose corn syrup (HFCS) may contribute to the development of diabetes, particularly in children. In a laboratory study of commonly consumed carbonated bevera... Diabetes Notes blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=825592 Tue, 28 Aug 2007 11:54:34 +0100 825592 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=804399&cid=t_140438_87_f&fid=34865&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thecancerblog.com%2F2007%2F08%2F17%2Fwhere-does-all-the-cancer-money-go%2F Filed under: Breast Cancer, ServicesEver wonder where your money goes when you make a charitable cancer contribution? Well, here's the lowdown on how the Susan G. Komen Foundation spends their donated funds.For 25 years, this world's largest and most progressive grassroots network of breast cancer survivors and activists has allocated 33 percent of all dollars for research and awards, and 29 percent for education. Fifteen percent of donations are spent on screening, eight percent on fundraising, and eight percent on administration. Finally, seven percent goes towards treatment.Komen professionals say they are extremely careful about how they spend the dollars entrusted to their care. And that makes me happy.Read | Permalink | Email this | Linking Blogs&nb... The Cancer Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=804399 Fri, 17 Aug 2007 04:00:00 +0100 804399 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=737539&cid=t_140438_87_f&fid=34867&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thediabetesblog.com%2F2007%2F07%2F16%2Fsfda-official-executed-for-accepting-bribes%2F Filed under: Type 1, Type 2, Childhood, Adult Onset, Daily News, Opinion, SupportFormer head of the State Food and Drug Administration (SFDA), was executed for taking bribes in return for approving the use of certain medicines. No, you didn't miss anything. The SFDA to which the news story refers is in China. At ease, boys- you're all safe (for now). Mike Adams of NewsTarget explains in his cartoon that the FDA is a clear and present danger to the health and safety of the American people. The agency is so deeply entangled in protecting drug company profits and corporate interests that it has utterly abandoned its mission of protecting the people. In fact, bribery is routine in the United States drug approval process. A policy exists that allows FDA decision panel experts -- the people who ... The Diabetes Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=737539 Mon, 16 Jul 2007 04:00:00 +0100 737539 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=675442&cid=t_140438_87_f&fid=34867&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thediabetesblog.com%2F2007%2F06%2F16%2Fdollars-against-diabetes-volunteers-hit-the-street-corners-this%2F Filed under: Type 1, Type 2, Childhood, Adult Onset, ResearchWhen you're out driving this Father's Day weekend and stop at a busy intersection, look for the volunteers wearing the orange shirts. They are tirelessly soliciting donations from passing motorists to support Dollars Against Diabetes, an annual campaign organized by the Building and Construction Trades Department, AFL-CIO to benefit the Diabetes Research Institute. Dollars for Diabetes has raised a whopping $17 million since 1987. Throw some change in the bucket, and maybe even some greenbacks. We all know it is going to a good cause. If you miss the orange shirts in your area, union members raise additional dollars through walk-a-thons, softball/golf tournaments, raffles and other local events. Thank you Building and Construct... The Diabetes Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=675442 Sat, 16 Jun 2007 04:00:00 +0100 675442