A mother who recently gave birth to premature quadruplets experienced a $4 million hospital bill. That was $1 million per child. Her babies required neonatal ICU for lengths of stay that varied from two months to nearly five months. The mother even quit her job in the sixth month of her pregnancy to qualify for Medicaid because she knew she could not afford the medical bills associated with quadruplets.
Wednesday Links
- Trump is cracking down on drug ads.
- New Census data puts the lie to America as “systemically racist.”
- About one third of the world’s population cannot afford a healthy diet.
- Can vitamin supplements extend people’s lives? No.
- A recent study of 194 countries found that 106 nations had policies requiring vaccination for at least one disease.
An AI Doctor Will See You Now… (right on your computer screen)
A while back my wife saw her doctor for an ongoing health concern. Years later we still wonder why an obvious diagnosis was missed and what could have been done to avoid unnecessary care. Why do I say the diagnosis was obvious? I recently entered a one-sentence description of the problem into Google, and it told me the exact cause and listed a variety of websites discussing treatments.
Tuesday Links
- Who has been more hateful: Charlie Kirk or the Southern Poverty Law Center?
- David Friedman: The Federal Government has now switched sides on the effects of climate change.
- UNICEF report: childhood obesity is a worldwide problem.
- Roughly 100 HHS officials have been placed on administrative leave – assort of “purgatory” where they are paid big salaries but have nothing to do.
- ICJ: US health care system must reduce its carbon footprint. ICJ means International Court of Justice. (Justice? Yes, justice.)