Heart disease, cancer, obesity, diabetes and Alzheimer’s are the most expensive disease burdens in the United States, reports the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
Category: Doctors & Hospitals
Medical Prices are Outrageous; What is the Appropriate Price?
What are the appropriate prices for medical care? Economists do not really know; except they should have far lower than they are.
Monday Links
- You have to be an American Indian who participates in religious ceremonies in order to legally use peyote.
- Inflation update: Lower-income households experienced higher 2024 inflation rates than higher-income groups, with the gap exceeding 70 basis points between the second and top income deciles.
- A “face test” does a better job than doctors at predicting cancer survival. (WSJ)
- You can take a selfie and determine your own biological age. (WSJ)
Saturday Links
- Penn Wharton Budget Model fiscal reform proposal: much flatter income tax, a carbon tax, mainly no exclusion for employer provided heath insurucne, higher retirement age, etc.
- Kids who pass the marshmallow test turn out to be happier later in life.
- Health care spending in the US reached $4.9 trillion and increased 7.5 percent in 2023, growing from a rate of 4.6 percent in 2022.
- Despite concerns about vaccine safety, the (child) vaccination rate today is the same as it was 40 years ago.
- Employee benefits for gig workers.