Defrauding the public and committing health robbery
by Bert Vorstman | May 22, 2021 | Health Insurances
Junk science describes so-called scientific information that isn’t supported by undisputed facts. Junk healthcare describes healthcare management and treatments that are not supported by evidence-based data despite being labelled as standard-of-care. Both junk science...
The solution - free market medical care
by Bert Vorstman | Apr 21, 2021 | Health Insurances, Healthcare costs
Healthcare is a $3.6 trillion (2018) health insurance industry monopoly. The health insurance industry has failed to improve overall health and delivered only out-of-control costs. In fact, the restrictive practices of “managed” care have created a completely...
Self pay care lowers your overall healthcare costs
by Bert Vorstman | Apr 21, 2021 | Women's health
Women’s health describes the study of female reproductive health, genital and breast health, maternal and child health, hormonal health, menstruation, birth control and menopause. Women’s health specialists are those physicians trained in obstetrics and...
How an over-the-counter agent may bypass skin surgery
by Bert Vorstman | Apr 21, 2021 | Skin cancer
How an over-the-counter agent may bypass skin surgery Applying high-concentration (33-35%) hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) to skin cancers with a cotton swab twice daily for 30 seconds on 2 successive days has successfully treated non-melanomatous skin cancers. This...
Health insurance is broken and needs a cure
by Bert Vorstman | Apr 21, 2021 | Health Insurances
Healthcare is a terminal illness for America’s governments and businesses – Clayton Christensen, “The Innovator’s Prescription”. Health insurance for catastrophic care makes sense. Health insurance emerged in the 1920s and makes sense to hedge against the cost...
Free market medical care saves money
by Bert Vorstman | Apr 7, 2021 | Cash pay
Why spend hundreds of dollars on health plans for routine care coverage only to pay for it yourself with copays, deductibles and non-covered services, and be told who you can see and what you can have done? Save your money and consider only high-deductible plans for...
Insurance-priced care costs you an arm and a leg
by Bert Vorstman | Apr 7, 2021 | Cash pay
Using health insurance plans to pay for routine office-based or outpatient care actually costs you much more than if you had paid for these services yourself. You know that’s true since the health insurance industry makes fat profits every year from unnecessary...
When your doctor says yes but your insurance plan says no
by Bert Vorstman | Dec 28, 2020 | Health Insurances
The health insurance industry has stripped the autonomy of doctors, patients and employers. Routine office-based care is affordable. Sadly, both patients and employers are generally over insured and over pay because the health insurance industry is the only insurance...
Routine healthcare does not need gatekeepers!
by Bert Vorstman | Dec 16, 2020 | Doctors
Doctors need to reclaim their profession and get out from under the boot of the health insurance industry. Sadly, healthcare is totally dominated by the health insurance industry and its self-serving rules and pricing. Routine office-based and outpatient care is...
Do Patients And The Healthcare Business Model Contribute To Climate Change?
by Bert Vorstman | Jan 22, 2020 | Climate Change
Do patients and the healthcare business model contribute to climate change? Although clinical waste and pollution take many forms, the biggest drivers of these emissions appear to be hospitals and drug companies. Much has been written about the possible relationship...
