A while back I wrote about drug company copay assistance programs. The purpose of these is to entice patients to use higher-cost brand drugs by blunting health plan incentives for enrollees to choose lower-cost drug options.
Category: COVID-19 and Public Health
Friday Links
Surgeon quality matters. HT: Tyler
Where health care research misses out.
The healthcare system tracks data on people who are patients, not on people when they aren’t. We’re not looking at the people when they don’t need health care; we’re not gathering data on what it means to be healthy. I.e., the “missing patients.”
Medicare is paying doctors to be woke.
Senate votes to revoke Biden’s preschool (Head Start) mask mandate. (7 Democrats voted with all the Republicans)
Apple employees to Tim Cook: Making us go back to work is racist.
Monday Links
With the prevalence of home testing and milder effects, how can we know where Covid is and what it is doing? Answer: test the wastewater.
Out-of-pocket spending on medical care in Britain and America is now roughly the same. One in 14 of Britain’s poorest households now incurs “catastrophic healthcare costs.”
Libertarian views on student debt.
Are hospitals going to the dogs?
Parks, a 2-year-old Labrador retriever with a golden coat and floppy ears — boasts an impressive catalogue of more than 40 commands…. including pushing objects, turning light switches on and off with his snout, pulling ropes to hold drawers and doors open, retrieving items, and assisting with laundry by tugging the hamper to the washing machine.
Get Your Medical Care at the Mall while Shopping
Many malls are struggling financially because Amazon and other online retailers have taken away business from brick & mortar stores. The pace accelerated with Covid as non-essential retail locations faced a lockdown. However, some struggling malls are finding a new life as medical facilities.