08. The Dangerous Business of Public Reporting
Anish Koka and Michel Accad discuss the effects of public reporting of outcomes on the behavior of physicians, and the real-life consequences of these misguided healthcare policies.
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07. “No tears for you!” Say the Pharmascolds
Anish Koka and Michel Accad discuss a tweet and a paper claiming that pharmaceutical companies don’t even need to produce effective drugs anymore.
06. “Real ACOs have never been tried!”
Mandated “value-based” payment schemes have been a disaster from the get-go, but it seems that central planners never lose hope.
The Solution to Canada’s Failed Universal Health Care System: Consumer and Physician Freedom
The most sure way to expand the supply of high quality health care is to defend the right of any consumer and any physician to enter into a voluntary exchange.
05. Saurabh Jha: Normal is Fuzzy
Dr. Saurabh Jha discusses the philosophical question of “what is normal.”
Baby Alfie, the Latest Victim of Omnipotent Government
Ever since Plato, supporters of big government have sought to put government in charge of the lives of children
Universal Health Care in Canada: A Colossal Government Failure
The median waiting time for patients in Canada from referral by a practitioner, to consultation with a specialist, to date of treatment, was 21.2 weeks in 2017.
04. The Alfie Evans Case: Lessons for Doctors
Anish Koka and Michel Accad discuss the chilling case of Alfie Evans.
03. Should Doctors Protect their Turf?
Anish Koka and Michel Accad discuss a “white paper” calling for some deregulation of the apparatus that rules the supply of physicians and their scope of work.
02. Francis and Accad on EBM
Anish Koka and Michel Accad have a fun chat with Professor Darrel Francis on evidence-based medicine (EBM).
