Deane Waldman, M.D.
The murder of Brian Thompson, CEO of UnitedHealthcare, was a heinous crime allegedly done by Luigi Mangione out of rage against the machine. Presumably, his target was someone who profits from our broken healthcare “machine” or system. Public frustration with, anger,…
Rent-seeking describes profit-seeking through the manipulation of the regulatory or legal apparatus rather than by competing with others in the marketplace. Cronyism is a common form of rent-seeking, as demonstrated by the Solyndra fiasco. When the California-based green energy start-up company…
Seeking to focus the final month of campaigning on healthcare and away from immigration, inflation, and violence both abroad and at home, V.P. “Harris proposes Medicare pay for home health care.” She claims to have a fully developed policy for the…
Candidate Kamala Harris says her healthcare plans — “HarrisHealth” — are “for-the-people” and will “insure everyone in America.” She attacks candidate Trump’s proposals saying he will take away care from millions of Americans and will “throw granny off the cliff.” The two…
I am sick and tired of reading headlines about the uninsured rate (i.e. the percentage of people who don’t have health insurance). When it’s down, pundits say Obamacare is working. When it’s up, Democrats claim it is Republicans’ fault for ruining healthcare. Americans care…
Recently, Democrats at both federal and state levels have passed or are considering regulations that will grant government health coverage to illegal residents. Bad move for both illegals and legal residents. The Biden administration just announced a Final Rule that will allow…
Even with U.S. healthcare having the “most unfilled jobs of any industry,” the Biden administration is touting the highest “healthcare job growth in 32 years.” Job growth is always a good thing, or is it? Consider who benefits when the commercial workforce grows….
A recent news report from ABC News caught my eye and should raise the eyebrows of all 85,815,827 Americans enrolled in Medicaid, 26 percent of the U.S. population. Massachusetts Medicaid enrollee Salvatore LoGrande recently lost his battle with cancer after extensive medical…
Gavin Newsom proudly made California the first state to provide no charge Medicaid (called Medi-Cal in Golden State) health insurance to illegal entrants (“illegals”). His plan will cover only adults. Eleven other states also intend to enroll illegals in Medicaid. In contrast to…
U.S. healthcare is failing. Care is both unaffordable and inaccessible; insurance is both unaffordable and fails to deliver timely medical care; and national spending is out of control and “unsustainable” (per President Obama). Who will fix healthcare, a dying system that…
