Archives By Author: Del Meyer
How Can We Reduce Reversed Race Riots?
Dr. Rosen: The events of Ferguson, riots, continue to have huge medical implications. Dr. Sam: But the riots didn’t start until Jesse Jackson arrived and stirred up his base. Dr. Dave: Without Jesse Jackson, there probably would not have been any riots. Dr. Edwards: That’s probably correct. Racial prejudice today is primarily from the black […]
Medicaid Patients With HMOs Think They Are Insured
Dr. Rosen: Now that Obamacare has been implemented, how is that affecting our practice? Dr. Dave: It has increased our complement of Welfare Patients under the illusions that they are now in an HMO. Dr. Sam: But they aren’t like an HMO patient. The new clothes has not made a difference in how he acts. […]
ICD 9 Is Being Retired. Are You Staying For ICD 10?
Dr. Rosen: The latest word is that the International Classification of Diseases, 9th revision, which was supposed to be retired in Oct 2014, had a one year reprieve to Oct 1, 2015. Has anyone heard anything differently? Dr. Ruth: I understand that insurance companies were unable to make the changes by Oct 2014 and thus […]
A Simple Way To Kill Yourself Without Assistance
Dr. Rosen: There is an increasing emphases of Doctors assisted killing their patients. Is it appropriate for the messenger of healing to assist patients in terminating their lives? Dr. Milton: That is a very disturbing question. And our professional organizations seem to be advocating this. Dr. Ruth: I would never have thought that when I went to […]
Gender Dysphoria
Dr. Rosen: There is an increasing emphases of Doctors assisted killing their patients. Is it appropriate for the messenger of healing to assist patients in terminating their lives? Dr. Milton: That is a very disturbing question. And our professional organizations seem to be advocating this. Dr. Ruth: I would never have thought that when I went to […]
Gender Dysphoria
The condition of feeling one’s emotional and psychological identity as male or female to be opposite to one’s biological sex. Dr. Rosen: Is the incidence of Gender Dysphoria prevalent in medical practice to any extent? Dr. Edwards: I have several male patients that are very effeminate. They don’t practice homoeroticism. Dr. Milton: I have a […]
Trump’s Entry Into A White House Run
Dr. Rosen: Donald Trump has entered the Presidential Race. Is he really a Republican? Dr. Edwards: I don’t think he understands limitations in government. Dr. Milton: He is for Single Payer Health Care. That would not be good for doctors, their patients, nor the current insurance companies. Dr. Ruth: Wouldn’t he use the insurance companies […]
The Tax, Spend, And Regulate (TSR) Party Can’t Manage City Finances Either
Detroit faces a takeover by an emergency manager. The move by Michigan’s governor would take control of the state’s largest city out of the hands of elected leaders. Detroit, with an annual deficit of $327 million, the state of Michigan is taking on one of the most difficult turnaround projects ever attempted: a rescue of […]
Whistle Blowers Keep Doctors In Line?
WASHINGTON, DC . . . the whistleblowers and persons of conscience will hold the fifth annual gathering on Capitol Hill, focused on signature issues of Judicial Accountability, Medical Integrity and expanding education and awareness of whistleblower issues, particularly in light of consideration of the preventable **disasters that have beset the United States. Advocates from around […]
Universal Intimacy
Why Is There a Hookup Culture? By Dennis Prager It is well known that most college students engage at one time or another in what is known as a “hookup” — an emotionless, commitment-less sexual encounter. Yesterday, I interviewed Donna Freitas, author of “The End of Sex: How Hookup Culture is Leaving a Generation Unhappy, […]