The top two issues facing Wisconsin’s economy today are one, the workforce shortage and two, the high cost of health care. “People are your workforce or your consumers, they are your taxpayers and all the data shows that we are going to have fewer of all three going forward on the workforce front. 75% of […]
When Soviet Russian President Boris Yeltsin visited the United States in 1989, one of the sites he visited was an American grocery store in Houston, Texas. 1 As one of the privileged upper echelon of the Soviet Russian political elite, Yeltzin was nevertheless astounded by the sheer abundance and quality of food available not only […]
(Originally published in the Senior Review January 2018 – UPDATED May 10, 2019) Better Alternatives to the Health Insurance Trap Our society has been scripted to believe “insurance is health care”. Here’s a paradigm shift – it’s not! The Insurance Option Contrary to what many politicians preach, insurance is simply one way of paying for […]
My grandfather was a “Weed Inspector” in Illinois. This retirement job made him little extra money. Mostly it gave him an excuse to ride his motorcycle and interact with farmers. My grandfather’s job was to find cannabis where it grew across the rural countryside and to make sure it was legally disposed of. Marijuana vs […]
This post was originally published in the May 2018 edition of Senior Review. Our culture and society seems to be changing a lot. Just think – it used to take days to send letters by mail, and often weeks to get a response. Now we instantly send email, texts, audio, data and even video digitally […]
On January 8, 2018 Dr. Voigt Smith sat down in studio with radio host Ben Armstrong of WSAU 550AM in Wausau, Wisconsin to discuss how healthcare insurance does not automatically mean quality healthcare. Transcript Ben Armstrong: Well, joining me once again is Dr. Smith of Backsmith Advanced Physical Therapy, and Dr. Smith, always glad […]
(A version of this post was published in the March 2018 issue of Senior Review ) Free Markets + HSA’s = Healthier Outcomes & Better Value Recently I was at Barnes & Noble, and I felt like I had gone back 40 years in time. I was there to buy a CD for my beautiful wife. To my […]
(Also published in the Senior Review – March 2017) Prescription medication use has continued to rise over the past decade in the United States. As a result, American culture has become more & more drugged. Mayo reports nearly 7 in 10 Americans take a prescription drug, and over half take two. Unbelievably, 20% reportedly are […]
I’d like to offer my sincere gratitude for the many generations of freedom fighters who have helped make the United States a unique beacon of hope, prosperity, and human dignity. Many have selflessly served and thousands have died to allow the torch of freedom to be passed on to future generations. Just as it is […]
Health care has become extremely politicized and will undoubtedly continue to be a source of ongoing debate. Many are alarmed by how costly it has become. To optimally deal with this complex issue, consider the words of Albert Einstein: “We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them.” Einstein […]
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