Category Archives: Congress

Trump made a big mistake wading into the quagmire of healthcare

Posted on October 25, 2017 by admin

Is President Obama foreseeing the future here and having a laugh? May 7, 2017- Opinion by Steven E. Greer, MD I watched Face the Nation and the news coverage of Friday town hall meetings. Mick Mulvaney was

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Told you so: The reason this country is close to an 18th-Century-style revolution

Posted on August 15, 2017 by admin

Update August 13- Told you so. The race riots in Charlottesville, Virginia are exactly what

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CBS News Promotes More Pro-Coffee Junk Science

Posted on July 11, 2017 by admin

July 11, 2017- by Steven E. Greer, MD How does one become a successful TV medical doctor pundit? First, you have to leave your medical ethics

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NY Times reports that CMMI “research” is junk science

Posted on October 1, 2016 by admin

February 3, 2014- By Steven E. Greer, MD The Healthcare Channel was the first to report in 2012 that the new CMMI, created by the ACA “

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Doctors complain to Columbia about Dr. Oz

Posted on September 30, 2016 by admin

https://youtu.be/bqihqFTyyfw Update April 21, 2015- By Steven E. Greer, MD As a direct result of our posting of the letter, below, the New York Times then national TV news

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A second blow to Atul Gawande (and Obamacare)

Posted on March 15, 2016 by admin

December 15, 2015- by Steven E. Greer, MD Atul Gawande, MD, a surgeon working at one of the Harvard affiliated hospitals, wrote an influential essay in the

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American state-sponsored media

Posted on January 8, 2016 by admin

January 4, 2016- by Steven E. Greer The American media is becoming as bad as Russian state-sponsored media, literally. The national

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You can now buy “medical marijuana” in New York

Posted on January 7, 2016 by admin

January 7, 2016- by Steven E. Greer, MD The medical marijuana dispensaries in New York are now open. However, you might be disappointed.

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Why are Google, Facebook, and Twitter allowed to promote ISIS?

Posted on November 19, 2015 by admin

Update November 19, 2015- The mastermind of the ISIS attacks on Paris, Abdelhamid Abaaoud,

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The similarities between Cuba and Syria

Posted on November 18, 2015 by admin

November 18, 2015- by Steven E. Greer, MD I watched a PBS documentary of Fidel Castro called The Fidel Castro Tapes. The similarities

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All of a sudden, gadgets from Sci-Fi movies are a reality

Posted on October 4, 2015 by admin

October 4, 2014- by Steven E. Greer, MD These electric unicycles, and other designs like them, are now only $300, thanks to factories

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Martin Shkreli, CEO of Turing Pharmaceuticals, could be the Bernie Madoff of the drug industry

Posted on September 25, 2015 by admin

September 22, 2015- by Steven E. Greer, MD Making national news today was Martin Shkreli, the baby-faced, greasy-haired, disheveled-looking

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Actavis 1000% drug price hike: a case for healthcare reform

Posted on September 22, 2015 by admin

Update September 21, 2015- The Healthcare Channel was the first to report in 2009 on the business strategy of acquiring cheap generic drugs, cornering the market, then raising

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Dr. Oz “Lose 20 lbs in 14 days”

Posted on May 24, 2015 by admin

May 24, 2015- We spotted this egregious quackery in the Rite Aid pharmacy.

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Rand Paul’s secret Looney Tune side revealed

Posted on February 2, 2015 by admin

http://youtu.be/AlWcDDZ1w38 February 2, 2015- By Steven E. Greer, MD People have asked me my opinion of the Republican field for 2016 and I have told them that Dr. Rand

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Bill O’Reilly’s flagrantly sexist comments about Senator Elizabeth Warren

Posted on December 16, 2014 by admin

December 16, 2014- By Steven E. Greer, MD As cable TV ratings fall across the board, and Fox News’ Bill O’Reilly ages and loses his foothold

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CEO’s of “Non-profit” hospitals rake in millions

Posted on December 7, 2014 by admin

December 7, 2014- The NY Post reports the list of multi-million-dollar salaries enjoyed by CEO’s of the major

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Most people have insurance not yet impacted by Obamacare

Posted on November 21, 2014 by admin

November 21, 2014- By Steven E. Greer, MD With so much news in the national press focusing on the Obamacare exchanges and new healthcare

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Quarantining Ebola caregivers arriving from Africa is the right thing to do

Posted on November 6, 2014 by admin

https://youtu.be/CpGhHePi_MQ Update November 6, 2014- Despite more than 80% of responders in various polls feeling

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What you need to know about ISIS

Posted on October 29, 2014 by admin

October 29, 2014- By Steven E. Greer, MD I saw the most recent episode of the PBS show Frontline that explained how ISIS rose to power. I was alarmed to learn that this is a very real and local threat, … Continue reading →

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