Friday Links Posted on April 14, 2023April 15, 2023 by John C. Goodman Antos: Against Medicare coverage for hearing aids. 58% of Payers Use Outcomes-Based Contracts for Prescription Drugs In the US, 85-90% of people who have sudden cardiac arrests do not survive. A home defibrillator cost $1,000. (NYT) Michael Milken: “We can now reasonably speculate about therapies that will give us the ability to clean tiny cancers from our bodies as routinely as dentists clean our teeth.” How Medicaid regulates drug prices.