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Month: September 2017

Article: Lindsey Graham on Obamacare Repeal: I Had No Idea What I Was Doing

September 28, 2017 mbmccoll Leave a comment

Congress may not know what they are doing but doctors and patients do. We are in the trenches everyday fighting…

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Posted in: General Filed under: DPC, Healthcare, Insurance, Obamacare

If you eat dessert, eat it last.

September 27, 2017 mbmccoll Leave a comment

Here’s an interesting study that helps show the importance of the order in which we eat our food.  Eating carbohydrate…

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Article: How to Die from the Flu. 

September 26, 2017 mbmccoll Leave a comment

How To Die From The Flu This is a great article on influenza, the vaccine, and common questions concerning the…

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Posted in: General Filed under: Healthcare, influenza, vaccines

Feeling the Bern Yet? 

September 25, 2017 mbmccoll Leave a comment

Bernie Sanders’ ‘Medicare for All’ plan will make all options outside if government offered healthcare illegal. Wow, talk about draconian…

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Posted in: General Filed under: Bernie Sanders, DPC, Healthcare, Insurance, Obamacare, post office

BPH by Andrew Smith, MD

September 23, 2017 mbmccoll Leave a comment

The lowly prostate – in a young adult it’s a walnut-sized gland that forms part of the male reproductive system. …

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Posted in: General Filed under: andrew smith

Slow down to…

September 22, 2017 mbmccoll Leave a comment

Direct Primary Care pioneer Josh Umbehr, MD who founded Atlas.MD highlights the power of slowing down and taking time in…

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Posted in: General Filed under: atlas.mf, josh umbehr md, kevin md

Article: Health Care Is So Expensive Because You Don’t Pay For It Yourself

September 19, 2017 mbmccoll Leave a comment

Health Care Is So Expensive Because You Don’t Pay For It Yourself I could write a good review of this…

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Posted in: Direct Primary Care, General, Health Insurance, Medical Economics Filed under: healthcare reform, the federalist, third party payment

Ohio Governor's Race Turns on Direct Primary Care

September 18, 2017 mbmccoll Leave a comment

Lt. Governor Mary Taylor hosted a press meeting about the differences she has with Governor John Kasich.  Among them is…

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Health Savings Accounts are true hidden gems

September 15, 2017 mbmccoll Leave a comment

Everyone should have a health savings account (HSA).  Of course, not everyone qualifies for a HSA but, nonetheless, it remains…

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Posted in: General, Medical Economics

The best medicine is always done face to face

September 13, 2017 mbmccoll Leave a comment

If I’ve said it once, I’ve said it a thousand times. “The best medicine is always done face to face.”…

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