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Category: Cost of Healthcare

Commonwealth Fund: Medical Care is Expensive and Many People Find it Unaffordable

Posted on October 27, 2023 by Devon Herrick

The Commonwealth Fund (a proponent of Big Government health care) released its 2023 health care survey that found about half of Americans have problems affording health care.

Given the necessity of insurance to defray the full cost of health care in the United States, it shouldn’t come as a surprise that the vast majority of people who had spent some time uninsured during the year would report difficulty affording their health care costs. More surprising is the large share of adults who had insurance all year but still report difficulty paying health care expenses.

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Thursday Links

Posted on October 26, 2023October 25, 2023 by John C. Goodman
  • Why are the esteemed models of medical governance (e.g., Intermountain Health, Geisinger, and the Mayo Clinic) located in the hinterland, instead of in the big cities?
  • Scientists have known for two decades that Sudafed was no better than a placebo.
  •  Nearly all entrepreneurs face serious mental health challenges.
  • A critical reassessment of statins.
  • Is it time to update the “value of a statistical life”?
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Wednesday Links

Posted on October 25, 2023October 24, 2023 by John C. Goodman
  • The Obamacare-created Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation (CMMI) was expected to save $2.8 billion in its first decade. In fact, it increased spending by $5.4 billion.
  • Health risks of marijuana.
  • Walmart offers telehealth for pets. Amazon may be next.
  • Are we paying people not to work?
  • One in 10 cancer patients have seen their treatment affected by drug shortages. Of those, 68% had trouble finding substitute medications and 59% reported treatment delay.
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Hospitals Are Not a Local Jobs Program

Posted on October 24, 2023October 24, 2023 by Devon Herrick

Since before Covid hospitals have been complaining about low profit margins and low cash reserves. This is especially true of rural hospitals that face multiple threats from: 1) more uninsured 2) more publicly insured patients and 3) smaller markets, with less economies of scale.

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For many years, our health care blog was the only free enterprise health policy blog on the internet. Then, when the NCPA closed its doors, the health blog stopped as well.

During this five-year hiatus no one else has come forward to claim the space. So, my colleagues and I have decided to restart the blog in connection with the Goodman Institute. We invite you and others to use this forum to share your views.

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