- Study: Women’s brains age more slowly than men’s.
- GLP-1 drugs work against conditions like Alzheimer’s, osteoarthritis, and certain cancers. Are they anti-aging drugs as well?
- To be cost effective, Nordisk’s Wegovy would need to be cut by over 80 percent and Eli Lilly’s Zepbound would need to fall by nearly a third.
- Is America ignoring the best treatment for opioid addiction?
- Medicaid physician fees are approximately 71 percent of Medicare physician fees in 2024, including 69 percent for office visits, 68 percent for hospital and emergency department visits, 87 percent for obstetric care, and 79 percent for other services under our updated approach.
Category: Doctors & Hospitals
Obamacare’s Free Preventive Care is a Minefield of Surprise Medical Bills
Annual Wellness visits are a minefield of surprise medical bills. It is especially bad when patients receive preventive care from a hospital or university-owed medical clinic. Everything done during your free wellness visit is not free; only preventive care is. Any care that follows up on a previous problem is not considered preventive care.
Saturday Links
- Why elimination diets don’t always work.
- Bizarre California regulation: hospitals are ordered to spend less money.
- Noah Smith on what all the news outlets are getting wrong: Imports do not subtract from GDP.
- What tax rate do billionaires face?
- The case for the HOPE Act.
- What’s wrong with Medicare’s “alternative payment models.”
Wednesday Links
Scott Sumner: The case for neoliberalism.