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Social Security is in crisis
The 2014 Social Security Trustees report showed a continuation of the current trend toward insolvency of both of its trust funds. As in the previous two years, the Trustees estimate that Social Security’s combined retirement and disability trust funds will become exhausted…
Soaring Disability Rolls Boost Government Dependency
As part of the Obama administration’s “give away the store” mentality, encouraging the masses to sign up for government programs at taxpayers’ expense, Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew on Monday urged Congress to provide more resources for the exploding number of…
AMAC Symposium Speaker Calls for Better Overall Patient Welfare Focus
Marc O’Connor, Curant Health Chief Operating Officer, told the AMAC Health Care Symposium audience last month in Washington that most health care providers were more concerned with payment for their services or products than for the welfare of patients. Contrary…
A Model for Providing Quality Health Care While Reducing Costs
Dr. Lee Gross, Co-Founder and Sr. Vice President of Epiphany Health, presented a detailed plan to provide quality health care at reduced costs at last month’s AMAC National Health Care Symposium in Washington. In his Symposium remarks, Dr. Gross analyzed…
AMAC Symposium Speaker Stresses Health Care System Needs Fixing
According to Kathryn Serkes, one of the featured speakers at the 2014 National Health Care Symposium last month, “major health care system reforms are needed” but rather than put reforms into effect, the ACA has created a greater need for…
Free Markets – The Only Aspect of Healthcare that Actually Works!
Dr. John Goodman, widely regarded health care author and speaker, addressed the AMAC Foundation’s Health Care Symposium last month in Washington and delved into a number of pivotal issues facing the delivery of medical services today in America. Beginning with…
The Importance of Engaging Physicians-in-Training
Speaking at last month’s AMAC Foundation Health Care Symposium in Washington, Benjamin Rush Institute Executive Director Dr. Beth Haynes addressed the Institute’s quest to ignite principled civil discourse within the medical education community. Dr. Haynes, a former private practitioner with…
Medicine and Politics—How They Go Hand-in-Hand
Arizona State Senator (5th District) Kelli Ward energized the audience at last month’s AMAC Foundation Health Care Symposium in Washington with a discussion on some of the unique, state-level initiatives undertaken in her state. Due to her somewhat unique blend…
AMAC Symposium Speaker Warns on Narrow Provider Networks
Dr. Scott Gottlieb, American Enterprise Institute Resident Fellow, provided an extensive address titled “Medical Policy Development Update” at last month’s AMAC Foundation Health Care Symposium in Washington. Dr. Gottlieb, a practicing physician, carefully explained many of the Affordable Care Act’s…
Quality Health Care for Life—A Mandate for Veterans that Must be Kept
Lt. Gen. (U.S. Marine Corp. Ret.) Jack Klimp’s presentation at last month’s AMAC National Health Care Symposium in Washington stressed that the Department of Defense must keep its promise of providing quality health care for life for retiring armed services…