Yes, you read that correctly. Dementia is declining. The prevalence of dementia is falling, even as the absolute numbers of dementia cases are rising due to population growth.
Category: Cost of Healthcare
Wednesday Links
- Disney’s woke version of Snow White bombs.
- What the left wants to do with Medicaid: unionize the workers.
- Study: Listening to your favorite music may reduce pain.
- AAF: Biden’s climate policies had no effect on Co2 emissions.
- Deregulation in Argentina.
- The U.S. has slid to 24th place in the world on the happiness index.
Trump Think Tank Backs Reference Pricing for Drugs
“…the average American household paid drug manufacturers $616, which was subsequently invested in R&D in 2021. By contrast, the average household in Canada paid drug manufacturers just $59.”
Source: America First Policy Institute
Tuesday Links
- Primary care physicians providing a higher proportion of telehealth visits cared for more Black, Hispanic, dual-eligible, and medically complex patients.
- To make telehealth access permanent for Medicare patients, let the rate be lower than the rate for in-office visits.
- Mobility: More than three out of four Americans (76.8%) will be in the top 20% by income for at least one year between ages 26 to 60, and about one out of three will be there for ten years or more!
- “We show how fraud is driven by a combination of inadequate (expected) penalties for fraud and imperfect reimbursement rates.”