Major insurance companies focus on HEALTHY BOTTOM LINES!

Using a COLA calculator, a SINGLE DOLLAR in 2003 is $1.66 in 2023 dollars. These charts indicate that the major insurance companies have increased their profits and spending on lobbying by 5- 10 times what was done over two decades.  Does it seem that these insurance companies primary focus was on “healthy profits”?

I have been nominated to be part of the Trump administration in regards to healthcare and MAHA

@everyone https://discourse.nomineesforthepeople.com/t/steve-ariens/36342   Your support and votes are appreciated – see link above Here is a video of a Federal attorney that elaborates how they use normally “innocent statements” from prescribers and pharmacist and daisy chain various otherwise “innocent activities” into violations of the Controlled Substance Act and the number of charges against the healthcare […]

The cost of HIGHER EDUCATION… is quite a BIT HIGHER!

pic.twitter.com/d6BiayAjwy — Elon Musk (@elonmusk) November 11, 2024 To prove Pres Trump’s “facts”, I recently applied a COLA (Cost of Living Adjustment) to what my last year’s tuition at Butler U – my Alma Mater – was and the calculation was abt $6,000/semester in today’s dollars. My interest is because our only Grandson is headed […]

How many Executive Orders can the Biden Admin sign into law before Jan 20th?

           

Does the World Health Organization work in our best interests?

Bill Gates belongs in jail. pic.twitter.com/HW7SjVb5EL — Steven Miller, MD, PhD (@SageListener) November 9, 2024

EITHER YOU WILL CONTROL YOUR GOVERNMENT OR THE GOVERNMENT WILL CONTROL YOU

 

Should we share the hell out of this?

I know that many of you are not happy in how the election turned out, but if you want to continue to put your personal political opinions over what is the best for the chronic pain community. You can stop reading right here ! Just go ahead and shoot yourself in the foot or HEAD! […]

Would you believe: Federal regulators not properly doing their jobs?

The Anniversary of FDA’s Landmark Approval of Genetically Engineered Human Insulin: A Cautionary Tale https://www.acsh.org/news/2024/10/24/anniversary-fdas-landmark-approval-genetically-engineered-human-insulin-cautionary Regulators are supposed to abide by society’s “bargain” with them: Civil servants are granted lifetime tenure and protected from political pressure and retaliation, and in return, they are supposed to make decisions based solely on the public interest. Often, they […]

Relax: Nothing is under control

I have been writing/sharing on my blog for 13-14 yrs. I have seen many people who would come into the community the with attitude that they can “get ‘er done”.  They stay/hang around for a few months, maybe even a few years, and then they realize that the task is something that they can’t tackle, […]