Updated: August 30, 2019 PRSpin: Bad Blood Author John Carreyrou leaves WSJ over paid speaking ban #ProfessionalVictim PRSpinUnspun: Unethical journalist John Carreyrou leaves WSJ, a year after unethical author John Carreyrou's book's been on the market. This is inconsistent & contradictory language to action; and, is consistent...
Updated March 6, 2017 Updated: June 25, 2015 Supreme Court saves Obamacare (or Affordable Care Act ACA) and regardless if you are for or against the decision one problem that's not addressed is the high cost of private health insurance. This is not a criticism of the Act...
March 2, 2017 I'm opposed to costly government events like Inaugurations (regardless of who is in office) because it's a colossal waste of money, when as a country, we need funding for at the very least, the Affordable Care Act, Medicare and Planned Parenthood. For similar...
Updated July 1, 2015 April 3, 2014 UPDATED: April 2, 2015 Almost a year to the day later (which is pretty fast in DOJ time): Washington (CNN)Sen. Robert Menendez pleaded not guilty on Thursday to 14 criminal counts against him, including eight counts of bribery in his dealings with...
April 22, 2014 Who didn't see this coming? Frankly, I didn't think it would happen so swiftly though. Jonathan Blum, CMS Principal Deputy Administrator (Medicare/Medicaid’s department's highest position) who helped oversee the unprecedented release earlier this month of detailed Medicare payment data for 880,000 physicians which also showed that 2% of...
April 9, 2015 Florida ophthalmologist Salomon Melgen who received $20.8 million from Medicare. Medicare data giving a breakdown of each physician was paid was just released. I'm guessing there are at least few doctors and those at CMS (Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services) that wish the list...
Ironic today’s post is about transparency in healthcare costs: January 30, 2014 "Penis pumps cost the U.S. government’s Medicare program $172 million between 2006 and 2011, about twice as much as the consumer would have paid at the retail level, according to a government watchdog’s report released...