For the past several years Congress has been debating a version of Ensuring Patient Access to Critical Breakthrough Products Act. The goal is to force Medicare to reimburse new medical device products that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) claims are breakthrough devices, without letting Medicare determine whether these new devices have any value.
Wednesday Links
- Can Greek philosophy tell us anything about prostrate cancer screening?
- Is RFK Jr. waging a war on women?
- IU football: the greatest two-year turnaround in the history of college football and quite possibly all of sports.
- Even a tablespoon of olive oil every day can lower the risk of dying from cardiovascular disease, cancer and even dementia.
Attorney General Bondi wants a letter of support from me. No way.
Attorney General Pam Bondi is reportedly hitting a rough spot with President Trump. So, Department of Justice employees have started reaching out to various conservative organizations seeking praise and support. One Department of Justice staffer reached out to me. It’s not going to happen.
Tuesday Links
- The enrollment Apocalypse that never happened. CBO forecast for ACA enrollment for 2026: 18.9. Actual enrollment: 22.8 – higher than in 2024.
- Nearly one-third of American adults say they would prefer to reduce or avoid eating gluten.
- Mirror Life, If it were ever created – for example, by bioterrorists, risky research + lab leak, or a rogue AI – it could act as a sort of super-invasive species that would threaten most forms of normal life, including humans.
- “When Elon Musk’s DOGE sought to crack down on instances of government waste, fraud, and abuse last year, the narrative was that Uncle Sam was ripping off taxpayers, when many cases of fraud actually involve businesses and schemers ripping off the government.”