The Swiss healthcare system is frequently proposed as a model for the rest of the world to emulate. Dr. Marc Fouradoulas explains why the country has set the precedent for a universal healthcare system.
Lowering quality and destroying health care choices might reduce some "administrative costs," but the real cost to the public of a government healthcare system is much higher than is admitted.
Hadiza Bawa-Garba was convicted of involuntary manslaughter by a British court for her role in the care of a patient in a hospital setting fraught with system failures. Dr. Saurabh Jha shares his insights on this case.
Public reporting of outcomes aims to improve service quality, but has also harmed patients and doctors alike. Can any good come out of it?
People usually recoil at the idea of trading babies for money, but in the wake of Soviet deprivation, easy-adoption laws helped countless orphans in Romania.
Dr. Gajendra Singh is attempting to provide affordable ultrasound, CT, and MRI imaging to his community, but the government is stopping him in an effort to protect existing providers.
"Your doctor and nurse, no matter how nice today, will become the bureaucracy."
Instead of Medicare for All, the plan should be called “VA Care for All,” with the increase in preventable deaths that comes with it.
Dr. Wes Fisher outlines the new initiatives that stand a realistic chance of turning the tide against the quasi-regulatory monopoly of the American Board of Internal Medicine.
