Every year I buy comprehensive blood testing from Walk-In Lab during their 20% off, end-of-the-year sales event. I select the test, pick the lab (Lab Corp or Quest Diagnostics) and pay online. I take the lab order to Quest Diagnostics located in my local Walmart. Nothing could be easier; I can even shop while I wait for them to call me for my blood draw. Prices are transparent. Lab tests that I paid just under $130 for on sale would possibly cost $500 through the hospital owned clinic that employs my doctor.
Category: Doctors & Hospitals
Friday Links
- New Policy on rationing kidneys: “Facilities will receive a single point for any successful kidney transplant, for example, but thanks to a ‘health equity’ performance adjustment, 1.2 points will be awarded for transplants involving patients from a low-income background.”
- A convoluted discussion of the ethics of gene selection.
- CFPB plans to remove medical debt from credit reports.
- WSJ: “Removing a credit notice for not paying medical bills will result in more unpaid bills.”
- Rare pediatric diseases, or those affecting less than 200,000 children, collectively affect 10 million children in the US with only five percent of rare diseases with any FDA-approved treatment.
- Health share of GDP is projected to reach 19.7 percent by 2032 (up from 17.3 percent in 2022).
Wednesday Links – 12 June 2024
The psychology of the medical whistleblower revealed.
Tuesday Links
- Research: Optimism is good for your health.
- Covid seems to be linked to cancer. (WaPo)
- The average monthly health insurance premium in 2023 was $56 for a dog and $32 for a cat. (NYT)
- Woman at funeral home discovered to be alive.
- For some cancer patients, less care is better.
- The case for euthanasia.