In December, 54,000 people in England had to wait more than 12 hours for an emergency admission…. The average wait time for an ambulance to attend a “category 2” condition – like a stroke or heart attack – exceeded 90 minutes. There were 1,474 (20%) more excess deaths in the week ending December 30 than the 5-year average….
Category: Doctors & Hospitals
Hospice Care is a Great Idea that is being Abused
Former President Jimmy Carter entered hospice care at his home in Plains Georgia last week. Hospice care is a form of palliative care for Medicare beneficiaries who are terminally ill with less than six months to live. People on hospice care agree to forgo all further treatments and are made as comfortable as possible until their deaths.
Why Are Hospitals Hurting Financially?
You would think with Covid driving so many people to the emergency rooms, hospitals would be in great financial shape. Yet in 2022 hospitals experienced the worst financial performance in memory. Jeff Goldsmith writes:
Friday Links
- What Jimmy Carter got right: deregulation that saved consumers hundreds of billions of dollars.
- More than $200 Million in New York City-Purchased COVID Gear Auctioned Off For Just $500,000. Thousands of ventilators de Blasio commissioned for $12 million sell as scrap metal for less than $25K.
- The White House favors an “AI Bill of Rights.” Rights for the robot? No. Rights for people who want to opt out of interacting with the robot.
- Study: Vaccine mandates did nothing to stop Covid spread.
- Health Affairs: Abortions are “health care.”