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Category: COVID-19 and Public Health

How Medicare Advantage Saves Taxpayers Money

Posted on August 23, 2023 by John C. Goodman

Here is one example:

The Medicare Advantage plans know that 90 percent of the amputations are caused by foot ulcers and that you can reduce foot ulcers by over 40 percent with clean socks and dry feet. Medicare Advantage plans have staff working on dry feet and clean socks, [while] the fee-for-service providers who make more than $100,000 for each amputation in their fees actually had an increase in cases during covid because it’s so profitable.

The [MA] special-needs plans had almost no amputations.

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Wednesday Links

Posted on August 23, 2023August 22, 2023 by John C. Goodman
  • Why patients don’t get enough pain medicine: doctor indifference and drug thieves.
  • The annual retail value of goods Americans buy and then return approaches a trillion dollars. HT: Tyler
  • Main drug killer of 35 to 44-year-old adults by far is synthetic opioids.
  • Should we care about “forever chemicals” that lurk in so much of what we eat, drink and use? Studies show they are bad for rats. (NYT)
  • Man believes pediatric doctor reported him to Child Protective Services in retaliation over a bad Google review.
  • Richard Hanania with a commonsense review of the risks and benefits of the Covid vaccine.
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Tuesday Links

Posted on August 22, 2023August 21, 2023 by John C. Goodman
  • Study: even small amounts of alcohol are bad for you. HT: Tyler  
  • Fake news from the New York Times:  How Climate Change Turned Lush Hawaii Into a Tinderbox
  • Turns out the real culprit for the Maui fires was bad government policy.
  • The reason for not getting another covid vaccine shot right now: We don’t know what covid variant will be threatening us in the fall. (NYT)
  • Study: extreme heat causes psychosis, dementia and substance misuse. Since cold kills more people than heat, I am skeptical.
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Saturday Links

Posted on August 19, 2023August 20, 2023 by John C. Goodman
  • Reprint of a Uwe Reinhart classic: how Republican administrations gave us health care price controls and Keynesian economics fiscal policy.
  • OxyContin and the Sacklers return to TV in a Netflix series fact checked by Slate.
  • Blue Shield of California tears up the prescription drug playbook and partners with Mark Cuban Cost Plus Drug Company. (WSJ)
  • Did you know the US government is stockpiling cheese ….. and raisins?
  • What happens to the roughly 20 million people slated to lose Medicaid coverage? The vast majority have other insurance and apparently didn’t need to be on Medicaid in the first place. (WSJ)
  • COVID experts calling for masks again — even at home!
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John C. Goodman,

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