tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post8205650595409533046..comments2023-08-21T02:57:37.362-05:00Comments on Dr. Wes: Is CMS's Value-Based Healthcare System Already Being Gamed?DrWeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17438019699222125477noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post-49004965208969145852019-11-13T04:43:44.043-06:002019-11-13T04:43:44.043-06:00Glib, Thoughtless and Inexcusable Conflicts of Int...Glib, Thoughtless and Inexcusable Conflicts of Interest<br /><br />"The Stupidity of the American Voter"<br />https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G790p0LcgbI<br /><br /><br />Gruber's "Non-disclosure of HHS contract<br /><br />In January 2010, after news emerged that Gruber was under a $297,000 contract with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, while at the same time Criminal-Span: Grubergatehttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonathan_Gruber_(economist)#:~:targetText=From%202009%2D10%2C%20Gruber%20served,the%20ACA%20or%20%22Obamacare%22.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post-61394562558118033882019-11-13T04:25:00.286-06:002019-11-13T04:25:00.286-06:00Insurance companies wrote the Affordable Care Act!...Insurance companies wrote the Affordable Care Act!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post-67532016934935293132019-11-12T12:03:43.704-06:002019-11-12T12:03:43.704-06:00I still keep getting a bill/ad every month from th...I still keep getting a bill/ad every month from the AMA asking for dues. They want to sell me all kinds of insurance as well (mailings/emails). <br /><br />My medical specialty board now needs to be fed with PI and QI exercises, redundant CME, data and money collection ever more frequently. Stuck, but not by choice.<br /><br />AMA advocacy for us here in America? ABMS advocacy or support? ACP? Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post-83878322182827602732019-11-12T11:47:43.732-06:002019-11-12T11:47:43.732-06:00We are all being gamed. Physicians and patients. 9...We are all being gamed. Physicians and patients. 99.99% of the population don't have any clue about the facts, because there is a circus going on in the media. Call it what you will, but it certainly is not journalism.<br /><br />Why do we have to read about something as important as this on a cardiologist's blog, and not from professional investigative journalists. How about a concerned Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post-1963064749664638942019-11-12T11:26:52.577-06:002019-11-12T11:26:52.577-06:00The AMA has been trying to get Saudi Arabia to use...The AMA has been trying to get Saudi Arabia to use their CPT codes also. ABMS working on them too.<br /><br />They want a global monopoly? <br /><br />I think they have become so large and powerful, they have lost touch with objective reality. They no longer serve us.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com