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Category: COVID-19 and Public Health

Friday Links

Posted on November 25, 2022November 24, 2022 by John C. Goodman
  • Launch price for a course of treatment for Type 1 diabetes approaches $200,000. We predicted the IRA bill would lead to higher launch prices. But even we are shocked by this one.
  • Anthony Fauci to be deposed in a lawsuit against the federal government for allegedly colluding with social media companies to censor speech.
  • Hospital care at home: outcomes are actually better, but it’s scheduled to go away when the (Covid) public health emergency goes away. (NYT)
  • Rare and unusual Covid side effects: hairy tongues, purple toes, welts that sprout on the face, and more. (NYT)
  • “Apparently, to the people that write [CDC] guidelines, more people dying of COVID is less of a concern if the deaths are more racially balanced.”
  • Over half of Covid deaths are among people who have been vaccinated.
  • Scotland is considering these reforms to the National Health Service:

An option to “Pause funding of new development/drugs” unless they can be proved to save the NHS money… Stopping care services altogether and instead sending patients home for care.

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The Thanksgiving Holiday is Fraught with Peril

Posted on November 24, 2022November 24, 2022 by Devon Herrick

Thanksgiving is fraught with dangers that most people may never think of. There is the danger from driving great distances with too many cars on the road, some of which may have indulged in too much eggnog prior to driving. The AAA estimates that 55 million Americans are expected to hit the road driving more than 50 miles to see friends and family. The worst traffic is expected to take place Wednesday afternoon as the rush hour traffic mixes with holiday traffic.

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A Hospital Stay (but in Your Own Home)

Posted on November 22, 2022November 22, 2022 by Devon Herrick

Years ago, I worked in a long-term acute care hospital. We employed social workers whose job was discharge planning. They charted out where to move patients once they had been treated by our hospital. This process was started before patients were admitted. Patients with no clear path to move elsewhere were not admitted. Our average length of stay was in excess of 30 days. At that time our type of facility was PPS exempt and cost reimbursed based on a TEFRA limit (see p. 71 for more information).

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Monday Links

Posted on November 14, 2022November 14, 2022 by John C. Goodman
  • Just how bad will this flu season be?
  • The generic share of total prescriptions dispensed in the US increased from 14% when the Hatch-Waxman legislation was passed in 1984 to 42% by 2000 and 92% today.
  • The Sahel is a semi-arid region along the southern edge of the Sahara desert, where the population is near Malthusian equilibrium.
  • Does walking produce good ideas. HT: Tyler
  • What can you do with your FSA? Yes, on an emotional support cat. No, on a knee replacement for the cat. No, on sex toys.
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For many years, our health care blog was the only free enterprise health policy blog on the internet. Then, when the NCPA closed its doors, the health blog stopped as well.

During this five-year hiatus no one else has come forward to claim the space. So, my colleagues and I have decided to restart the blog in connection with the Goodman Institute. We invite you and others to use this forum to share your views.

John C. Goodman,

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