13 Articles

Saturday, July 11, 2009
I Know its the Wrong Direction, but We're Making Good Time!
(9 comments) We now have a President who says he is for real healthcare reform, a Democratic Congress, and a solid majority of the American people who say they want a restructuring of this unacceptable healthcare system. Things should be looking up! Why are they not?

Thursday, July 9, 2009
Dancing in the Dark (or at least with blinders)
(4 comments) There is plenty of money spent on healthcare already to supply universal coverage. Why are so many Politicians misrepresenting this issue?

Tuesday, July 7, 2009
A Letter to the President
(5 comments) A Letter to our President regarding the failure of Congress to consider the will of the majority of Americans in trying to reform healthcare. They seem to listen only to the lobbyists and special interest. We are heading rapidly to a healthcare reform catastrophe.

Friday, July 3, 2009
Tragedy In HealthCare Reform
(3 comments) One of the few things more dysfunctional than our current healthcare delivery system is our Congress in trying to fix it. With the obvious party politics, conflicts of interest, lobbyists' influence, special interest complaints, preconceived notions, misinformation, personal financial considerations, and a lack of understanding of the topics at hand, they continue to propose one poor idea after another

Saturday, March 14, 2009
Private Health Insurance: Why do we need it?
(2 comments) Many people still that they have an advantage in healthcare delivery if they have a private/expensive private insurance plan. In fact, they have no advantage over a person having a basic Medicare plan coupled with a supplement. So what does an expensive private plan over enyone: A chance to contribute to the wellbeing of corporate executives.

Tuesday, October 28, 2008
HealthCare is becoming a Numbers Game
(2 comments) Some insurance companies are now publishing manipulated billing data to a Web page and calling it data on quality. This is simply their attempt to control providers and force them to comply with their profit driven guidelines. The fewer test one orders, the fewer medications one dispenses, and the closer one sticks to their formulary, the better one will look on their web page. What about quality data on them.

Friday, September 26, 2008
Bailout Alternative
(4 comments) There is a more reasonable solution for this "bailout" predicament. Instead of bailing out the bad institutions, why not funnel federal money into the economy by going through the good banks. They are more likely to be able to pay us back and with interest. Do we really care if the other banks and their CEOs go belly up? Would their folding not be a lesson in the free market system that they have lauded in the past?

Monday, September 15, 2008
McCain Vs Obama on Healthcare Reform
(10 comments) The presidential candidates each have a policy for healthcare reform. They are both found lacking in any real change. Neither supplies coverage for the approximately 50 million Americans with poor or no comerage. Both maintain the current "bleed us dry" private haelth insurance plans. We need a better plan.

Wednesday, September 10, 2008
Healthcare and the Malpractice Industry
(4 comments) Healthcare reform is an emerging topic. To be effective, all of the dysfunctional aspects need to be addressed. Malpractice costs are a serious problem in my profession of primary care medicine. Please consider the following and send comments either for or against. Mark Green

Saturday, September 6, 2008
Modification of Medicare to give Universal Healthcare
(24 comments) I recently submitted a list of bullet points for a possible way to expand Medicare, to improve it as a product, and incrementally enroll the entire population of the United States into it, granting universal and affordable healthcare to all. This article is the expanded concept. I want constructive criticism and help in building a universal healthcare system that we can force Washington to enact, by the power of the vote.

Wednesday, September 3, 2008
Medicare Can be Revised for Universal Healthcare
(4 comments) Medicare can be revised to give healthcare coverage to all. I have read HR676 and SB840 and have some problems with both. This is a simple, scalable, fundable proposal that can be incrementally implemented. In this way it will not overburden the patients, providers, the current infrastructure, or the government. I would love critical feedback.

Monday, September 1, 2008
Some Problems with HR Bill 676
(25 comments) Bill HR 676 promotes a Medicare based Universal health plan, which is the concept I favor, but this plan is imperfect. If we are going to do it, let's do it right. Some problems found are listed.

Saturday, August 30, 2008
For Profit Insurer Abuse of Patients and Providers
(4 comments) My second letter to the editor of our local newspaper. They could not publish it over the weekend. [editor's note: The first letter Dr. Green wrote is copied by me under my name because he was not signed into OEN then. Margaret Bassett]