Topics:

Dr. Shiva suing to be included in debates with Elizabeth Warren

Options to lower healthcare costs and improve quality of care

Direct pay models provide better care and lower costs

Current $800 per month cost can come down to $200

“GPOs” Group Purchasing Organizations artificially inflate costs

Originally a cost reduction concept

Now an unchallenged source of insanely inflated prices

There’s only 3 GPOs, and they’re planning to merge with the big insurance companies

NIH funding system and peer review journals need to be changed

Einstein’s opinion: Peers are the biggest critics of innovation

Peer review journal system is anti-innovation

Laws and incentives drive a lack of primary care physicians

Incentives drive physicians to join large medical organizations

State and Fed law changes to increase independent doctors

Dr. Shiva: Medical cannabis should be decriminalized and studied

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