Cost of Healthcare – Page 256 – The Goodman Institute Health Blog

Cancer Screening is (Mostly) a Waste of Money (with a Caveat)

Posted on August 8, 2024August 7, 2024 by Devon Herrick

Cancer care is big business. The estimated cost of cancer care is around $250 billion a year. Not all of this is actual care, some is for screening.

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Nearly Half of Patients Receive a Surprise Medical Bill: What You Can Do

Posted on August 6, 2024August 6, 2024 by Devon Herrick

The No Surprises Act (NSA) went into effect on January 1, 2022. The federal law protects patients who are unknowingly treated by out-of-network physicians while seeking care at a hospital or clinic that is in-network with their health plan.

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Monday Links

Posted on August 5, 2024August 7, 2024 by John C. Goodman

Ninety percent of the prescriptions filled in the United States in 2020 were filled by generic drugs, but those prescriptions accounted for only 18% of the country’s spending on prescription drugs.and the average generic copay is $6.61.

Does the “Sahm Rule” mean that we are headed toward a recession?

Joe Manchin’s bipartisan energy bill sounds lie a real winner. (NYT)

Wealthier is healthier in every country.

More on the recent controversy over a “mask study.”

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Saturday Links

Posted on August 3, 2024August 7, 2024 by John C. Goodman

Gene therapies are expensive. Unnecessary government regulation makes them more expensive.

One in four children are living with a single parent.

Doctor shortages are a normal occurrence in many developed countries.

Out of the 2,000 hospitals studied, only 34.5% were fully complying with (Trump’s) price transparency rule.

Pregnancy and childbirth cause physical changes in women’s brains.

Obamacare spending explained.

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