When the government fears the people there is liberty.When the people fear the government there is tyranny.Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826) Federal Law Enforcement In West Virginia, we learn that the house of a physician is entered by federal agents who do not identify themselves or explain their actions. The physician’s wife and children are threatened and […]
Are We the Enemy? by Miguel A. Faria, MD Read More »
Dr. Miguel Faria is very proud of his adopted the United States of America. He’s equally as proud to have received the Americanism medal and certificate from the Daughters of the American Revolution last month. Faria, a native of Cuba, moved to Macon in 1983 after completing his training in neurosurgery at Emory University Hospital
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In matters of style, swim with the current;in matters of principle, stand firm like a rock.Thomas Jefferson The Corporate Practice of Medicine One hears repeatedly that managed care penetration in health care delivery continues unabated; that it continues to interpose itself in the medical decision-making process erstwhile reserved to the patient and his physician; and
The middle of the road leads to socialism.Ludwig von MisesPlanning For Freedom, 1962 From Ancient Rome to Karl Marx Just like in ancient Rome, at the time of the Ides of March and the death knell of the Republic — when the Roman populace’s votes were being bought by populist political demagogues who either promised
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According to an old Cuban proverb, “Camarón que se duerme, se lo lleva la corriente” (shrimp that sleep are swept away by the current). Some physicians may find Dr. Faria’s wake-up call as welcome as a blast of Arctic wind. In his view, the current policy of most medical organizations — “nonconfrontation and cooperation” —
The world owes all its onward impulses to men ill at ease.The happy man inevitably confines himself within ancient limits. Nathaniel Hawthorne (1804-1864) On Managed Care And Cutting-Edge Technology In the wake of the epochal November 1994 elections that swept conservatives to power, and hopefully a new philosophy of health reform—viz, economic incentives to promote
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