Traffic fatalities have been inching up ever since covid. About 43,230 people died in 2021 the year after the Covid Pandemic. Traffic deaths are up 20% from a decade ago. Approximately 39,345 people died in 2024 compared 32,744 in 2014.
Author: Devon Herrick
Obamacare is Obsolete and Incompatible with Personalized Medicine
Under Obamacare patient power has only gotten worse. In 2023 I paid nearly $8,000 for a health plan that required I spend a similar amount on medical care before it paid a nickel of my medical bills. The only health care dollars I controlled were the ones I took from my own pocket. Of course, that is how it is supposed to work in other markets. The difference is that government regulates risk. If I want a method to limit my risk of a costly, catastrophic health condition, I must buy Obamacare.
Should the FDA Make Drugmakers Prove their Drugs Work: Part II
How tough should the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) be when approving drugs? Currently drugmakers must not only show their drugs are safe (Phase 0 and Phase 1 trials), but also, they have the desired effect on the body for most people (Phase 2 and Phase 3).
Does Your Doctor Need a Boss?
In my early days as a health economist, it became something of a fad for health policy analysts to argue that the U.S. health care system needed more vertical integration. Basically, your doctor needed a boss, who oversaw numerous doctors coordinating your care. I recall reading numerous articles with titles like, “does your doctor need a boss?” The Cato Institute published an article on the topic in 2009, as did many others.