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Category: Doctors & Hospitals

Once Viewed as a Model for the World, is Cuban Health care Inching Toward Privatization?

Posted on August 19, 2026 by John C. Goodman

The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs and the World Health Organization reported that over 32,000 pregnant women faced limited access to diagnostics and limited amounts of the stable electricity needed to sustain neonatal units. Prenatal care faces delays because of the lack of everything from testing supplies to available facilities. And now, even once successful improvements in health indicators have fallen: a report from the Center for Economic and Policy Research measured an increase in infant mortality rates from 4.0 to 9.9 per 1,000 births between 2018 and 2025.

Source:  Ananya Rupanagunta at VOX

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How Government Negotiated Prices raise the Future Price of Drugs

Posted on August 19, 2026 by John C. Goodman

Our analysis … looks at the first 25 medicines for which Medicare officials have already set government prices. We estimate that the price controls have, or will, reduce those drugs’ net prices by about 37%, on average, relative to a world without government price setting.

In our model, that drop in brand-name drugs’ revenue leads to a 38% decline in the number of generic or biosimilar competitors coming to market. As a result of this decreased competition, the price of those post-exclusivity generics and biosimilars would be 45% higher, on average.

Source: Tomas Philipson

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WSJ: Doctors and Patients are Using AI to Solve Medical Mysteries

Posted on August 18, 2026 by Devon Herrick

Why did it take three months of searching, two doctors, an ultrasound scan, and multiple tests of my blood to diagnose my medical mystery? Mostly because my doctors only had about 15 minutes each to examine me and intermittent failures are the hardest problems to diagnose. In addition, I was not describing my condition accurately enough for AI. Once I changed my queries the most likely diagnosis popped up on my screen. My doctor’s theories were correct.

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Tuesday Links – 18 August 2026

Posted on August 18, 2026August 17, 2026 by John C. Goodman
  • Food Stamp spending is on a path to exceed the Biden baseline.
  • HHS, Wolves in White Coats: How Doctors and Hospitals Pushed and Profited from the Fraud of “Gender Medicine”
  • Capital punishment for Bruce the dog. A California court ordered euthanization for an Anatolian Shephard accused of biting three people, including a child, and knocking over a man pushing a wheel chair. Supreme Court appeal was too late.  (NYT)
  • Street medicine: More than 150 programs across the country provide medical care to people sleeping outside — on sidewalks, in encampments, under overpasses. (NYT)
  • Four million children in the United States are caring for an adult family member who is sick or disabled or old.
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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.

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