- FDA endorses the idea of a hospital at home – utilizing digital technology.
- Alex Tabarrok on the plusses and minuses of non-competes.
- The benefits of vaccines.
- Hypochondriacs don’t want to be cured.
- Not all of the NIH “cancer myths” are really myths.
- The uneasy case for banning Chinese pharmaceuticals.
Category: Authors
Friday Links
- Does health care improve health? Scott Alexander contra Robin Hanson.
- Certificate of need (CON) laws still operate in 35 states.
- Why Medicare won’t pay for additional breast scans.
- Is the government hiding something about the “Havana Syndrome”?
- Why ACOs aren’t working.
- Cost of new regulations under Biden: $1.37 trillion.
FTC to Ban Noncompete Agreements. Will Your Doctor be Freed Too?
Nowadays nearly three-quarters of physicians are hospital employees or employed by investor-owned group practices. Many are bound by employment agreements that limit their ability to easily leave a job for a new one.
Thursday Links
- Commonwealth Fund finds major differences in health care inputs and outcomes across racial and ethnic groups. It completely ignores the role of genes.
- Earth Day good news: Over the past 60 years, GDP is up nearly 800% but emissions are down 60% even though we are still using record amounts of fossil fuels.
- New Guinea Prime Minister to Joe Biden: “We are not cannibals.”
- Joe Biden promised to never cut Medicare and “to stop” anyone who tries. He just cut benefits for 33 million enrollees in Medicare advantage.