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Why You Got the WRONG Rx

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Every day thousands of Americans get the WRONG medication for their illness. Find out why, and why it’s not your doctor’s fault.  Sign up for news and information at  Doctor Patient Relationship

Death by Queueing

Government-run healthcare systems all fail to provide timely medical care. Patients who could be saved die while waiting in line for care.  Sign up for news and information at  Fixing US Healthcare

Entitled or FREE - Choose One!!

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Some say that health care is an entitlement in the U.S. Most Americans do not understand that when you accept entitlement, you give up FREEDOM.  Sign up for more videos and information here:  Fixing US Healthcare 

Single Payer Is Root Cause for VA Deaths

Former Chief of Staff of the Army and current Secretary of Veterans Affairs Secretary Shinseki "falling on his sword" won’t bring back a single veteran who died needlessly while waiting for approved medical care.  He is being used as a scapegoat. Singling out specific institutions such as  Phoenix VA Hospital  is a diversionary tactic — it won’t get veterans the timely doctor visits they need. Blaming never fixes anything, and tweaking the VA system won’t make things right, nor will throwing money at it. The problem with the VA system is the system, a  single payer  model. Newspaper headlines shrieked outrage over unconscionable wait times to see a doctor; inadequate operating rooms; and needed medicines not available. This should come as no surprise. That is the way single payer systems work. That is the norm, not the exception. Look to our north for proof, to the single payer system in Canada. Fifteen years ago, a Canadian surgeon named Dr. Ciaran McNamee sued the Alb

How to Fix American Healthcare: Kick Out Washington

There are six important reasons to kick Washington OUT of U.S. healthcare. Simply put, healthcare is not in their  wheelhouse . The solution to our failing healthcare system is  StatesCare , not more-of-the-same Washington domination, called  single payer  or  Medicare-for-All . Reason #1: Track record The first and most obvious reason to kick Washington out is its track record. For more than fifty years, the federal government has been fixing healthcare, and look what their "fixes" have produced: needed medical care is both unaffordable and unavailable, especially when we need it. Imagine a football team that has had the same coach for fifty seasons and lost every game. Would you renew that coach's contract for next season? Reason #2: Cost In 2009, President Obama said spending on U.S. healthcare was "unsustainable," and he was correct. In 2010, the year the  Affordable Care Act  (ACA) was passed, the U.S. spent $2.5 trillion,  16 percent of GDP , o