I’m not getting any younger, as they say. That’s a cliché but is it a disease? Some scientists believe so and would like the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to classify aging as exactly that, not a function of our calendar that inevitably leads to diseases of old age, but a disease itself.
Tuesday Links – 28 January 2025
- Disruptive innovation in health care.
- In response to the payment change, annual incident dementia diagnosis rates in Medicare Advantage increased by 11.5 percent relative to traditional Medicare.
- Why government administered pricing of drugs isn’t working.
- What gerrymandering produces: Just 8 percent of congressional races and 7 percent of state legislative races were decided by fewer than five percentage points. (NYT)
Many Foreign-Trained Doctors Unable to Work in U.S. Despite Physician Shortage
Residency is essentially a type of internship or apprentice lasting from three to seven years depending on the specialty. The problem is that the American Medical Association convinced Congress nearly 30 years ago that there was going to be a glut of physicians in the coming years. Congress capped the number of residency slots funded by Medicare to 1996 levels as a result. There have been additional residencies created in the past 29 years, but the growth has slowed substantially and more are needed.
Monday Links
- “A close look at the data indicates that loneliness may not be any worse now than it has been for much of history.”
- The case against tariffs.
- Why we need HSAs for gig workers.
- 48.5 million Americans have a substance abuse disorder involving alcohol or drugs or both.
- We could have had Ozempic 40 years ago. (NYT)