Heart disease, cancer, obesity, diabetes and Alzheimer’s are the most expensive disease burdens in the United States, reports the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
Category: Cost of Healthcare
Tuesday Links
- Evidence that families’ decision to have children are influenced by which party wins the presidency.
- AHIP: two years of consecutive cuts to Medicare Advantage is why many seniors are now experiencing a reduction in coverage choices, higher costs and reduced benefits.
- Teen alcohol and drug use keeps declining. (Despite 24 states legalizing recreational cannabis.)
- Hispanic versus non-Hispanic White gaps were smaller in Medicare Advantage than in traditional Medicare for all outcomes: avoidable emergency department use, preventable hospitalizations, and thirty-day hospital readmissions. Results are mixed for White/Black comparisons.
Medical Prices are Outrageous; What is the Appropriate Price?
What are the appropriate prices for medical care? Economists do not really know; except they should have far lower than they are.
Monday Links
- You have to be an American Indian who participates in religious ceremonies in order to legally use peyote.
- Inflation update: Lower-income households experienced higher 2024 inflation rates than higher-income groups, with the gap exceeding 70 basis points between the second and top income deciles.
- A “face test” does a better job than doctors at predicting cancer survival. (WSJ)
- You can take a selfie and determine your own biological age. (WSJ)