- Cosco is offering virtual checkups for $29. Third party insurance not accepted.
- Headline: Pharma would lose loyal ally if Menendez leaves Senate. If he is so loyal, why didn’t he stop the IRA bill?
- Frequently wrong, New York Times covid reporter Apoorva Mandavilli will lecture at Harvard (alongside former Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot).
- The more governments intervene to protect workers, the more unemployment there is.
- Why hospital consolidation is hurting patients and what can be done about it.
Category: Cost of Healthcare
House W & M to Mark up Two HSA Bills
Here is a quick summary, courtesy of Dan Perrin, of how the House Ways & Means Committee will mark up two HSA Bills.
The New York Times (and the FDA) Does a Hatchet Job on Regenerative Medicine
The New York Times did a hatchet job on regenerative medicine. A visiting researcher at New York-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center and other surgeons had performed numerous surgeries using BioBurst, a processed umbilical cord fluid, to help fuse together bones in minimally invasive surgeries. The fluid was administered to reduce healing time and reduce the need for more invasive back surgery.
Monday Links
- Health gains from key prescription drugs.
- Steve Henke, et. al., skewer a new Royal Society report on Covid-19.
- Health Affairs study: employers lack leverage to negotiate lower prices. Have they never heard of reference pricing?
- CDC: we are losing the battle against obesity. I thought we lost it a long time ago.
- Inequities at the doctors office: is it because the patients don’t speak up for themselves?