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Dr. Stephen R. Keister : The Insurance Industry Could Use a Hippocratic Oath

Hippocrates / josh pincus is crying. Nowhere, does the Hippocratic Oath require a physician to be a peon, or a servant of a HMO or insurance company. By Dr. Stephen R. Keister / The Rag Blog / April 6, 2009 … Continue reading

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Dr. Stephen R. Keister : Health Care Reform? Follow the Money

Sen. Ted Kennedy has been leadiing “quiet negotiations” on health care reform. Photo by J. Scott Applewhite / Pool / UPI. Our nation invests twice as much as most nations in medical costs, 31% of which goes to insurance company … Continue reading

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Dr. Stephen R. Keister : Where Our Health Care Money Goes

William McGuire, former CEO of United HealthGroup, was paid $54.1 million, not counting stock options. Photo by G. Paul Burnett / NYT. One wonders just what motivates these [Republican] clowns. One could conjecture that it is an abiding, almost religious … Continue reading

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Dr. Keister : Obama and the Steelers Won! Next Up: Universal Health Care

President Obama holds up a Pittsburgh Steelers football jersey given to him by Dan Rooney, chairman of the Pittsburgh Steelers, during a campaign rally in Pittsburgh last October. Photo by Reuters. I require two more coupes in the next year … Continue reading

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Dr.Stephen R. Keister : The Doctor and the Body Politic

The Doctor by Luke Fildes. I, as an elderly retired physician, idealize what is shown in the painting by Luke Fildes’ ‘The Doctor,’ and look upon the word ‘physician’ in the Greek derivation, i.e. ‘healer.’ I think of Hippocrates, Maimonides … Continue reading

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Blue Dog Cowardice and the State of Health Care Reform

Photo of blue dog Democrat from dogguide.net.Health Care Reform: The State of the Debate The Democrats, though in the majority and supported by 67% of the American people, act confused, impotent, lacking in courage and conviction. By Dr. Stephen R. … Continue reading

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Health Care : ‘I Was Sick and Ye Visited Me’

‘Country Doctor Ernest Ceriani Making House Call on Foot in Small Town.’ Photo by W. Eugene Smith / Life Magazine Archives. Here we are in 21st Century America and health care must be rationed out to the population by money-driven … Continue reading

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Health Care and the Arrogant Republican Elite

Aristocrat 01 by Gabriel Dzieslaw / mixmedia on canvas, 2007. Also see, ‘Single-payer health reform bill introduced in Senate,’ Below. ‘…one watches the Republican Senate and House “leadership” posturing on television, in their Seville Row suits, sporting their salon or … Continue reading

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HEALTH CARE / ‘Economic Power Must be Regulated with Prudence’

Pope Pius XI, 1857-1939 A.D. ‘Economic power is headstrong and vehement, and if it is to prove beneficial to mankind it must be securely curbed and regulated with prudence.’ — Pope Pius XI, May 15, 1931. Government and single payer … Continue reading

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Massive Profits : The Moving Force Behind our Health Care System

Angels Mourning Avarice leading to lack of Public Healthcare in America. Painting by ProfessorEmeritusPAB. If one believes that the Marquis de Sade espoused sexual abstinence one can believe that the CEOs of AHIP desire decent health care. By Dr. Stephen … Continue reading

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Universal Health Care : Fighting Off the Republicans and the Ghost of Milton Friedman

The Republics show an almost religious devotion to the doctrine of economist Milton Friedman.The fight for universal single-payer health care: where we stand Obviously the Republican ideologues in the Senate are going to be an ongoing problem. Sen. Mitch McConnell … Continue reading

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