KevinMD February 3, 2025
It is presently fair to ask the question, do doctors participate in our society as individuals being free? If this is no longer the case, why and what are the consequences? If a doctor is employed, he answers to an employer. If there is participation with Medicaid and Medicare, the rules must be followed. These are rules, mandates, and regulations created by the administrative state, politicians, and faceless bureaucrats. If there is participation with an insurance company, compliance with the contractual relationship is mandatory. Why would physicians allow themselves these masters in what are easily described as tyrannical relationships?
Doctors have allowed themselves to be characterized as untrustworthy, even devoid of virtue, by those who covet power over them. The...