The Democratic midterm campaign ads will write themselves. Images of multiple masked government agents, decked out in tactical gear, weapons drawn, restraining an individual or “perp walking” someone half-naked from a house in the snow. They will show protesters, who look like average Americans, shouting and filming. These pictures are creating very negative voter perceptions and raising serious questions, even if the Trump administration did everything right.
Category: Cost of Healthcare
Wednesday Links
- More than half of all Americans take vitamin supplements. (Bloomberg)
- 41 percent of Gen Z and 47 percent of millennials who are engaged or have been married said they entered a prenup.
- The “prescribing cascade”: one drug causes side effects that doctors mistake for a new disease, triggering another prescription that creates its own problems, leaving people trapped in a sea of unnecessary and potentially harmful medications.
- A growing body of quantitative research indicates that some school-based mental health interventions actually create mental health problems.
- Why is the government under Trump investing so much money in so many private companies?
- Hospital expenses per adjusted inpatient day vary widely across states and ownership types, with costs ranging from under $700 to more than $6,000.
Can AI Help Your Doctor Become a Better Doctor?
When the government began the push for electronic health records (EHR) as part of the American Recovery and Investment Act of 2009, public and private health care providers were required to demonstrate ‘meaningful use’ by 2014. Perhaps you remember visiting your doctor about this time only to discover he or she was frustrated, face buried in a computer screen desperately trying to find all the pulldown menus necessary to advance to the next page. Your doctor had to type physician notes while listening to you and examining you. Of course, that does not work well and is detrimental to the quality of your physician visit.
4 Ways Republicans Can Make Healthcare Affordable
They will give people more control over their medical dollars and increase access to affordable policies.