The 21st Century Cures Act went into effect in 2021. Among other things, the federal law requires that patients have access to their test results in a timely manner. In years past patients often had to play phone tag with their doctor’s office to view their own medical records and lab test results. Before the 21st Century Cures Act, patients often never knew the results of tests if the doctor did not consider them noteworthy.
Wednesday Links
- Elon Musk: AI-powered sex robots aren’t far away from the U.S. market: “less than five years probably.”
- Disney has spent $270 million on Snow White ($450 million, if you include prints and advertising costs, according to Vulture), and it hopes everyone will ignore the movie.
- The federal work force has been rising. What are all those people doing?
- The greatest inequality is among the elderly, and the most important reason is differences in the amount people choose to save over their work life.
- Up until the 1980s it was widely believed that babies could not feel pain. So, doctors subjected them to a lot of it.
How Smart Patients Avoid Bogus Health Information
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Tuesday Links
- Oz promises to go after upcoding in Medicare Advantage plans. (WSJ)
- However, there is more upcoding in traditional Medicare than there is in Medicare Advantage.
- The Economist: Foreign aid is doing more harm than good.
- The New York Times admits it was wrong on covid.
- Bill Frist: Microplastics are poisoning us.