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Category: Cost of Healthcare

House GOP Health Task Force Way Too Timid

Posted on July 17, 2022 by John C. Goodman

The plan is here.

Hate to be a killjoy but this is sort of like being in a fox hole and no one mentions there are bullets flying overhead. Why is it so difficult for Republicans to address the voters’ most basic problems? Like this:

  1. People should be able to buy insurance that meets their financial and health care needs– as an alternative to the outrageous deductibles and unaffordable premiums in the Democrat-created health insurance exchange plans.
  2. People with serious health problems should be able to buy insurance that gives them access to the doctors they need— as an alternative to the narrow provider networks in the Democrat-created health insurance exchange plans.
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Diet or Exercise: It Not Either / Or, It’s Both

Posted on July 14, 2022 by Devon Herrick

Do you like to dine on a meal of McDonald’s Big Macs and supersized fries? Maybe you like desserts like fried pies a little too much. Perhaps you think that jogging to McDonalds and back after eating a Big Mac will atone for your poor diet. According to experts it won’t.

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Thursday Links

Posted on July 14, 2022July 25, 2022 by John C. Goodman
  • A death row inmate wants to donate a kidney. Texas won’t let him.
  • How well does Paxlovid really work?
  • Casey Mulligan and Joe Grogan defend PBMs.  (WSJ)
  • More on surprise bills: they occur in one in five emergency room visits and up to one in six in-network hospital stays.
  • The Baduy, an indigenous group in Indonesia, have rejected vaccinations. Their Covid death toll: zero. (NYT)
  • More on circadian rhythms: mice live longer if they eat on the right time schedule. (DMN)
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Wednesday Links

Posted on July 13, 2022July 25, 2022 by John C. Goodman
  • How an economist thinks about abortion. Well, at least one economist.
  • Why is Google investing in health care?
  • Is developing Covid vaccines a profitable venture for drug companies? “The answer is a resounding ‘no’. In fact, in most cases, developing mRNA vaccines for a portfolio of emerging diseases would be a money loser.”
  • How common is prior authorization?
  • Price controls on insulin: The (intended?) result will that be that consumers will pay more, diabetes complications will get worse, and incumbent manufacturers will make more money.
  • Almost a quarter of Americans over the age of 18 are now medicated for one or more of these conditions.  (HT: Tyler)
  • Canada’s health care providers say their system is “collapsing.”
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