- The U.S. is no longer among the top 20 happiest countries.
- Saving lives with pig kidneys.
- Why is fetal tissue research so controversial?
- Liberating the pharmacists.
- Highest drug price ever: $4.25 million per treatment.
- Site neutrality (same fee regardless of where the procedure is performed) would save Medicare more than $3.7 billion over the next decade, and lower beneficiary co-payments by $40 a visit.
Author: John C. Goodman
Thursday Links
- Biden Budget: more spending on the elderly: crumbs for the children. (Kids don’t vote.)
- 17,000 families in Illinois alone have lost homes to Medicaid recovery since 2021. (NYT)
- The ACCESS Act allows low-income families to redirect a portion of their (Obamacare) subsidies into a tax-advantaged health savings account (HSA).
- “The biggest deficits are showing up in the blue states that received massive [Covid] handouts … and are now facing the day of reckoning.”
- How much is a patient’s life worth in the UK?
Wednesday Links
- “We estimate the costs of lockdowns were at least 10 times higher than the public health benefits. Fewer than 10.000 lives were saved but hundreds of thousands of lives were lost, while the economic and educational losses are in the multiple trillions of dollars.”
- For $500,000, you can have a meal in space.
- A Republican bill would ban DEI in medical schools: No racist teaching; no racial discrimination; no loyalty oaths; and no DEI offices. (WSJ)
- Viagra could be good for your brain.
- During the pandemic, Paxlovid was free — courtesy of the federal government. Now it cost $1,600.
- Why is Oprah Winfrey shilling for Eli Lilly?
Tuesday Links – 19 March 2024
- In testimony before the House Ways and Means Committee, the Alliance for Connected care rebutted three myths:
- Telehealth Does Not Lead to Increased Fraud
- Telehealth Has Not Been Shown to Drive Overutilization
- Telehealth Has Not Been Shown to Increase Spending
- Older patients with diabetes do better if they have the means to pay for care (health insurance, higher income or higher wealth).
- For years contraceptives could only be sold by prescription. People can now buy oral contraceptives on Amazon.