If you like the $83K Scorpion Sting, You’ll Love ObamaCare

or, What a Scorpion Sting Teaches Us about Hospitals and Insurance

By, G. Keith Smith, M.D.http://www.surgerycenterok.com
A woman recently received treatment for a scorpion sting in the Chandler Regional Medical Center emergency room in Phoenix and was billed $83,000, $80,000 of which was for the new anti-venom serum, Anascorp.

According to an article in the Arizona Republic, the patient’s insurer paid more than $57,000, and the hospital is asking her for the balance of about $25,000. This is said to be the “out of network” cost.

This is scandalous, but not because her “insurance” company didn’t pay enough on this claim. Actually, part of the scandal is that the insurance paid as much as it did! Continue reading

Sept. 18, 2012 – How ObamaCare affects YOU!

How ObamaCare affects YOU!

Join the Pima County Republican Women’s Club to hear health care authority

Dr. Elizabeth Lee Vliet!

The 2010 healthcare law, known as Obamacare, will bring many new rules, regulations, and cut backs to Medicare – come and hear how the new law affects you and your family:

How do the NEW Obamacare TAXES affect your pocketbook?

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Health Insurance — Clauses That Can Kill You & Sacrifice Your Liberty

©Elizabeth Lee Vliet MD 9-9-12

KVOI Radio: “America’s Fabric”                            September 9, 2012

Hold Harmless Clauses in Health Insurance – Clauses That Can Kill You – and Conflict with America’s Tradition of Economic Freedom                         

Good Morning. I am Dr. Elizabeth Lee Vliet. I am an independent physician in private practice in Tucson and Dallas TX, and the author of several health books for consumers.

My medical website is www.HerPlace.com.

My last show focused on the loss of medical and economic freedom if states implement the new “exchanges” required under the 2010 healthcare law. In these exchanges, you will “exchange” Your medical freedom for more government control – whether by the state or by the federal govt. Continue reading

The Democrats’ Real War on Women

By author/contributor, Elizabeth Lee Vliet, M.D.

Yes, there IS a war on women and women’s health—but it’s not being waged by Republicans or covered by the media. The accusations being hurled at Republicans are distracting attention from the real issues.

Women not only make up half the population. They also make 90 percent of the decisions about medical care for their children, husbands, and aging parents. They understand the importance of having the freedom to choose their doctors and their treatment. Continue reading

Obamacare rationing threatens your life

Information provided by Elizabeth Lee Vliet, M.D. – www.HerPlace.com

CLICK HERE to download printable PDF of this important information.

AGE-BASED RATIONING CREATES A MEDICAL GULAG:

  1. Dr. Donald Berwick, former head of Medicaid & Medicare Services: “The decision is not whether we will ration care—the decision is whether we will ration with our eyes open.” Continue reading

ORIENT: Health care coverage that kills

Article by Jane M. Orient, MD published in the Washington Times on Sept. 3, 2012

“Insurance” and “coverage” are warm, benign-sounding words. The more the better. With “universal” and “comprehensive” coverage, everyone would be safe and secure, right? There would be no more worries about health care bankruptcy, for example.

People have gotten their photos in the newspaper for not having enough coverage. They’ve had cancer, and the only treatment that might help them has been ruled “experimental” and, therefore, not covered. Chances are, they got it anyway — with help from family, friends, total strangers and likely a loan from the bank. But there are other possible meanings for coverage. It can be stifling, restrictive and limiting. It can refer to six feet of earth. With a health plan, bankruptcy protection is for the plan, not the subscribers who may be forking over $600 a month in lost earnings. Continue reading

Carmona claims ObamaCare is “Brave”

Ever wonder what  former Surgeon General Richard Carmona thinks about President Obama’s disastrous health care law. He supports it alright. He thinks it was “brave.”

Jeff Flake is the one candidate for Senate in Arizona who actually voted against Obamacare. He’s committed to the full repeal of Obamacare so that real health-care reform — utilizing choice and competition to improve quality and control cost — can be passed in its place. Learn more about Jeff Flake and why he’s running for the U.S. Senate at http://www.JeffFlake.com.

Vermont: Unelected board to make medical decisions

Concerned Vermont physicians and patients are airing TV ads to combat the state’s “Universal Care” law which will outlaw private insurance by 2017.  In addition the law authorizes a state board with power over every aspect of health care financing and delivery.  The government will unavoidably intrude into clinical decisions and limit access to care. VHCF believes these decisions are best left to doctors and patients.

 

Department of Motor Vehicles: a National Model for Healthcare

By G. Keith Smith, M.D.,

As ObamaCare becomes ever more unpopular, the single payer idea keeps coming up. So let’s consider what a single-payer system would look like. There are so many places to look it’s a little confusing. Here’s a partial list.

Canada tends to come up first, and I think about it a lot. That’s because lots of Canadians come to our facility in Oklahoma for their care. Do I really need to say anything else? Continue reading