Breakthrough medical technology is working: Cancer drugs that function like heat-seeking missiles deliver chemicals directly to tumors.
A downside of the IRA Act’s cap on out-of-pocket patient costs: “We anticipate that the use of tools like prior authorization or step therapy will increase in frequency or intensity. For providers, this will potentially increase administrative burdens and may affect the timeliness of care delivery.”
How could a new budget commission succeed, given the failure of Simpson-Bowles? On cutting waste in Defense, Alam Simpson told me we have 1,000 bases overseas.
“The hospital was paid $15 thousand under their Humana MA contract for my total care, not counting Alex’s surgical fee, for a complex surgery, an eight day hospital stay and an emergency readmission.”
I wonder if the University of Chicago still accepts Humana MA, nine years later? Is it possible the low reimbursement rate affected Goldsmith’s experience regarding non-essential care? It doesn’t seem impossible that the on-call residents would have been instructed to minimize unbillable time spent on non-critical patients.