- 400 million people worldwide have been diagnosed with some form of long Covid. (NYT)
- Congressional Republican are busy taking down Biden Administration regulations.
- Guess who is one of the largest users of the H-2B temporary visa program for seasonal workers? Donald Trump and his resort properties.
- The Biden Pill Penalty: shots or infusions can be in the market for 13 years before being subjected to government price setting, while cutting-edge ‘small molecule’ medicines, which typically come in pill or capsule form, are subject to price setting after only 9 years on the market.
- Haislmaier: If patients secure a service below a reference price, they should be able to deposit the savings in an HSA. (Something I think we recommended about a decade ago.)
- California to spend $8.4 billion this year on health care for illegal aliens.
Category: COVID-19 and Public Health
Thursday Links
- What conservatives got wrong about covid.
- Food regulation is a regulatory jungle.
- The 2025 World Happiness Report: solitary activities, including solo meals, can lead to depression and shorter life expectancies.
- 90% of rare diseases have no approved treatments. AI may be the answer. (NYT)
Tuesday Links
- Oz promises to go after upcoding in Medicare Advantage plans. (WSJ)
- However, there is more upcoding in traditional Medicare than there is in Medicare Advantage.
- The Economist: Foreign aid is doing more harm than good.
- The New York Times admits it was wrong on covid.
- Bill Frist: Microplastics are poisoning us.
Saturday Links
- Denmark’s system of no-fault medical malpractice.
- Many life-saving drugs fail for lack of funding. But there’s a solution: desperate rich people.
- AAF: “Taken as a whole, the CR looks like a budgetary nothingburger, whose primary virtue is that it (hopefully) garners enough bipartisan support to avoid a pointless government shutdown.”
- Why did the two scientists in charge of approving Pfizer’s covid booster vaccine abruptly resign?
- What to know about the Critical Medicines Act.