Biggest Strides in Health? Not due to Doctors and Certainly Not Counseling by Doctors by Michael Gorback, M.D. • Sep 4, 2021 • 265 Comments I can fuss at overweight people and smokers, but they’re not going to change until they’re ready. As doctor, I had more questions about mattresses than diet.
Enter GreedCare, where the White Coat is Supplanted by the Grey Pinstripe of Corporate Conglomerates by Michael Gorback, M.D. • Sep 1, 2021 • 228 Comments The first in my series of articles about how healthcare has become hellcare.
Federal Disability Policy Poses Insidious Problems for Disabled People Who Want to Generate Income by Michael Gorback, M.D. • Jun 24, 2019 • 56 Comments How to Bring the Disabled Out of the Economic Closet
How Opaque Healthcare Pricing Mechanisms Rip Off Consumers by Michael Gorback, M.D. • Dec 25, 2017 • 66 Comments “I’ve been pounding the table about location-based pricing for years. Now we have hard data.”
High Deductible? As Doctor: Here’s what Doctors Can do to Save You Money. Hospitals, Health Insurers Hate it by Michael Gorback, M.D. • Mar 26, 2016 • 138 Comments “Just tell me the effing price.”
This Is What Happened When I Tried to Save My Patient $610 by Michael Gorback, M.D. • Feb 20, 2015 • 12 Comments Collusion? At the very least, it’s a broken system.
The People Who Brought You healthcare.gov Put Medicare Billing Records Online by Michael Gorback, M.D. • Sep 30, 2014 • 8 Comments With predictable consequences.
How Hospitals and Health Insurers Collude at Your Expense by Michael Gorback, M.D. • Sep 16, 2014 • 25 Comments Doctor’s insight: Bookies call it the “vig,” insurance companies call it a “PPO Repricing Fee.” It allows them to go around state insurance laws.
The Minimum-Bribe Act of 2014 by Michael Gorback, M.D. • Aug 16, 2014 • 4 Comments Humor alert: We have been looking at the problem of buying favors through the wrong end of the telescope.
Doctor’s Perspective: Facebook’s Own “Monster Study” by Michael Gorback, M.D. • Jul 1, 2014 • Comments Off on Doctor’s Perspective: Facebook’s Own “Monster Study” FB’s psychological experimentation on hundreds of thousands of unwitting users is illicit human experimentation and a gross human-rights violation.
