Menu
The Goodman Institute Health Blog
  • Home
  • Authors
    • Devon Herrick, Ph.D.
    • John C. Goodman
  • Popular Topics
    • Artificial Intelligence and Healthcare
    • Consumer-Driven Health Care
      • Affordable Care Act
      • Cost of Healthcare
      • COVID-19 and Public Health
      • Doctors & Hospitals
      • Public Insurance
      • Policy & Legislation
    • Direct Primary Care
    • Health Economics & Costs
      • Drug Prices & Regulations
      • Health Insurance
      • Health Reform
    • Medical Tourism
    • Telemedicine
    • Medicare
      • Single-Payer/Medicare-for-All
  • Goodman Institute
  • Contact
The Goodman Institute Health Blog

Category: Doctors & Hospitals

Monday Links

Posted on August 15, 2022August 14, 2022 by John C. Goodman
  • Because of a “Covid Emergency,” 150 members of the house were able to vote remotely on the IRA bill.
  • Are progressives trying to destroy San Francisco’s status as “the best food city in the country”?
  • Is hearing loss justification enough to end your life? Canada arguably has the world’s most permissive euthanasia rules.
  • Why is Bill Kristol attacking Herschel Walker because he sought mental health care?
  • Does it matter what time of day you take your meds? Apparently.
+

During a Nursing Shortage Nurses Abandon Hospitals

Posted on August 12, 2022August 11, 2022 by Devon Herrick

Physicians have long dabbled in cosmetic medicine to boost their incomes. It is interesting to note that their cosmetic practices are competitive with transparent pricing, while their therapeutic areas of practice is bureaucratic with opaque prices. As a result of competition, cosmetic surgery prices have risen about equal to consumer inflation, which is one-third the rate of medical inflation.

+

Who Benefits from Drug Rebates? Mostly Health Plans (Not Consumers)

Posted on August 10, 2022August 11, 2022 by Devon Herrick

Pharmacy Benefit Managers (PBMs) have been in the news lately. PBMs manage drug benefits for insurers, self-insured employer health plans, Medicare Advantage plans and Medicare Part D. Recently executives from the three largest PBMs were hauled before Congress to discuss their business models. One reason for scrutiny is that the three largest PBMs control about 80% of the market.

+

One-Third of Patients don’t Take their Medication as Directed

Posted on August 9, 2022 by Devon Herrick

Patients don’t follow directions. A Canadian study  found nearly one-third of patients don’t take their medications as directed. This is news to me. I thought it would have been a much higher proportion that are medication nonadherent. Medscape medical news reports:

In a study that examined more than 200,000 patients and 91,000 unique prescriptions, overall nonadherence rates ranged from 13.7% for patients prescribed antidepressants to 30.3% for patients prescribed antihypertensive therapies.

+
  • Previous
  • 1
  • …
  • 140
  • 141
  • 142
  • 143
  • 144
  • 145
  • 146
  • …
  • 154
  • Next

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,

Visit www.goodmaninstitute.org

Subscribe via Email

Enter your email address to subscribe to this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email.

Join 36 other subscribers

Popular Topics

©2025 The Goodman Institute Health Blog | Website by Lexicom