- Estimates of the percentage of Medicare costs that arise from patients in the last year of life range from 13% to 25%, with the latest estimates tending toward the higher number.
- RFK Jr. has become pro-vaccine.
- “Under the TCJA, each income group received a tax cut, but the highest-income groups received the smallest cuts relative to their total tax burden.”
- Less than half of Medicaid recipients work enough to comply with a work requirement.
- Ken Thorpe on why the IRA bill could hurt chronic patients.
- It’s been a long time since we have seen an execution buy firing squad. (WaPo) I’ve always thought it is the manly way to go.
Category: COVID-19 and Public Health
Saturday Links
- AAF fun fact of the day: Canada has 432 MRI machines, while the United States has roughly 13,000. Adjusting for population, the United States has roughly four times the number of MRI machines per capita.
- Krugman: Why Republicans can’t afford to cut Medicaid benefits.
- The incidence of the flu is approaching recon levels. Vaccination rates are down.
- Argument: one-third of Medicare spending is waste.
- Prices insurers pay for common medical procedures are all over the map.
Saturday Links
- Republicans are having more children than Democrats.
- “More than 370 million people worldwide need oxygen as part of their medical care, but fewer than 1 in 3 receive it.”
- Is Texas making a wrong turn on vaccines?
- The probability of an asteroid wiping out humanity in 2043 is much lower than advertised.
- More than 200,000 public housing units had to be demolished over the past 20 years because they proved to be uninhabitable.
- A solution for Covid-19-related hospital capacity issues: transparency.
Thursday Links
- Where Ozempic came from: a hormone in the venom of the Gila monster. (They can survive on a few meals a year.)
- Woman who gave birth to someone else’s child sues IVF clinic. (WaPo)
- What should be done with $500 million in government stockpiled covid tests? (WaPo)
- Why does your therapist not accept your health insurance?