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Category: Cost of Healthcare

This Case Study Should be Required Reading in Every Health Econ Course

Posted on November 26, 2023November 26, 2023 by John C. Goodman

Man is diagnosed with throat cancer. Doctors at MD Anderson want to treat it with proton therapy at a cost of $96,862.95. The health insurer objects, saying that treatment should begin with less expensive radiation therapy. The doctors say that radiation therapy has a risk of damaging other organs.

In this case, the patient is a trial attorney with means. He pays the hospital for the proton therapy with his own funds and then sues the insurer.

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Should Hospital Employed Physicians Steer Patients to High-Priced Hospital Labs?

Posted on November 25, 2023 by Devon Herrick

Hospitals are price gougers to be avoided at all costs, especially if you don’t need to be in a hospital. A good rule of thumb is to never get services performed at a hospital unless you are too sick to go anywhere else.

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Saturday Links

Posted on November 25, 2023November 24, 2023 by John C. Goodman
  • Discovery: Why red wine causes headaches.
  • Everything you want to know about Thanksgiving turkeys. And then some.
  • After reading about turkey farming you may never want to eat turkey again.
  • Report says cancer deaths have plummeted among children but doesn’t explain why. My explanation: drug trials usually use children, not older folks.
  • How do bats carry so many deadly diseases without dying?
  • Argument: the “American dream” is not mainly about escaping poverty. It is about overcoming the barriers of class.
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Thursday Links

Posted on November 23, 2023November 23, 2023 by John C. Goodman
  • The Pilgrims’ real Thanksgiving lesson
  • Was the original Thanksgiving a celebration of the massacre of Indians? No. That’s woke propaganda.
  • How to get 8 countries  to cooperate on cancer drug research: Start the project before telling any of the regulators.
  • Bidenflation: Employer health insurance costs are up 7%; Obamacare exchange plans are up 6%.
  • Why are those who supported the Covid lockdowns trying to suppress research showing that the lockdowns didn’t work?
  • CDC: Last year’s flu shot was less than 50 percent effective for children and adolescents.
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