Tag: health care system

A Nurses’ Point of View on COVID and Health Care

Guest Essay— Background on Corrine Lund, RN: Her political beliefs closely align with libertarian conservatism but are strongly influenced by her Natsarim-based faith. In her role as an RN [registered nurse], it is her general practice to always leave her political beliefs at home. She is committed to treating every patient with the best health…


Family Doctor Shortage: 2 Main Factors, and What You Can Do

In recent years, the United States has faced a shortage of primary care physicians, also called family doctors. This issue has far-reaching consequences for the health care system, and the shortage is expected to become more severe in the coming years. The American Medical Association projects that by 2034, we’ll have a shortage of between…


Cutting Red Tape Could Let Canadian Doctors Provide 55.6 Million More Patient Visits per Year: Report

Physicians in Canada are collectively spending some 18.5 million hours a year on unnecessary paperwork and administrative tasks, according to a report by the Canadian Federation of Independent Business (CFIB). That time could be used to provide the equivalent of 55.6 million more patient visits annually, according to “Patients Before Paperwork,” a new CFIB report…


Should You Go to the ER? the Correct Choice May Save Your Life

In emergency medicine, it’s called the golden hour. The first hour from the time of injury or serious illness is the most important in a person’s life. It’s in that hour that a person has the best chance of survival—if they can get to the level of care they need. But not every medical problem…


Wait Times for Specialists, Surgery in Canada Highest in Nearly 30 Years: Survey

Canadians are now waiting longer than ever before if they need to see a specialist, obtain diagnostic procedures, or undergo surgery, according to a new survey. This year, an estimated 1,228,047 Canadians are waiting for procedures in 10 provinces. This is roughly 3.2 percent of the country’s population, assuming each person is only waiting for…


Cory Morgan: Health-Care in Canada: It’s Not the Spending Model That’s Broken, It’s the System

Commentary The story is the same in every province in Canada. Emergency rooms are overwhelmed, hospitals are short-staffed, and ICU space can never seem to keep up with extraordinary pressures whether they be from a local disaster, a flu outbreak, or a spike in COVID-19 cases. Waiting lists for medical specialists continue to grow while…


Building an Alternative Medical Economy in Response to ‘Tyranny’: Telehealth CEO

Military veteran and entrepreneur Adam Hardage aims to build an alternative medical economy in response to what he calls “tyranny” in the nation. Hardage is CEO and co-founder of Remote Health Solutions (RHS), along with Dr. Jon Baugh, its chief medical officer. The two started the company five years ago, focusing on high-quality telemedicine care….


‘It’s Truly Unreal’: Stories of Negligence at the Hand of COVID-19 Hospital Treatment Protocols Continue to Surface

After the death of her husband at the hand of what she believes to be hospital COVID-19 treatment protocols, Joanne Eyerly’s life was uprooted in grief and confusion. She had to sell most of her belongings and their home in Oregon to move to Ohio, where today she scrambles to put the pieces together. Of…


CDC Backtracks on COVID Guidance as Damning Studies Mount

While it’s refreshing, considering how hard health officials have fought to segregate, bully, demonize and dehumanize people, it’s still like a slap in the face. And it’s not over yet – prepare for the biggest vax drive in history, and another round of gaslighting. STORY AT-A-GLANCE August 11, 2022, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control…


Here Are the Changes Coming to Ontario’s Publicly Funded Health-Care System

As Ontario’s hospitals grapple with staff shortages, temporary emergency room closures and surgical backlogs, the province has announced a suite of changes in an effort to help stabilize the health-care system – although it maintains patients will not have to pay out of pocket for any of them. Here’s a look at some of the…