How much should your doctor get paid for an office visit? If health insurance were not pervasive, you would probably pay by the minute. However, primary care physicians’ fees are not necessarily based on time. Rather, they are reimbursed based on billing codes for various tasks while examining you.
Friday Links
- Six former surgeons general warn that RFK Jr. is “endangering the health of the nation.”
- The Obamacare exchanges explained.
- John Cochrane on the 340B program.
- Repurchasing stock does not reduce firms’ real investment.
- Six reasons not to extend Obamacare subsidies.
- Trump: No tariffs on generics. (WSJ)
- Obamacare premiums are not about to double.
Should Nonprofit Hospitals Do More to Earn Their Tax Exemption?
There are nearly 3,000 nonprofit hospitals in the United States. Keep in mind, nonprofit status is a tax election. It does not mean a hospital is not trying to earn a profit. Rather, it means a hospital is trying to either: a) break even by spending its profits on a charitable mission, or b) plowing profits back into expansion. Hospitals tend to do the latter, rather than the former.
Thursday Links
- 172 physicians hold active licenses in all 50 states. Another 356 doctors have acquired at least 45 licenses. (Statnews)
- Hormesis explained.
- Medicare Trust Fund explained.
- Secret ingredient for tasty yogurt: ants
- A one-year extension of the enhanced EPTCs would cost about $38 billion. The cost of the government shutdown is about $44.7 million lost GDP per week. So, a long shutdown would appear to be worth it.
- What Mamdani could and couldn’t do as Mayor of NYC.