- Will a Republican House of Representatives impeach Joe Biden?
- For missile defense. HT: Tyler
- How China could take Taiwan – beginning with a blockade – and get into a war with the US?
- The average cost of family coverage in employer plans: $22,463.
- Gender affirming care: In 2021, around 42,000 kids between 6 and 17 were diagnosed with gender dysphoria. At most, around 7,000 a year initiate some kind of potentially irreversible process. This comes out to about 1 in 7,000 kids.
- As many as 43,000 American die every year because they can’t find a kidney donor. One reason: in 1984 Congress passed the National Organ Transplant Act, which banned the sale of organs.
- Bill Barr: 1% of the population commits between one-half and two-thirds of predatory violent crime. (WSJ)
Category: Consumer-Driven Health Care
Is Period Regulation Really a Health Issue?
Hormonal contraception created the ability for women to delay or go months without having their menstrual period. This was initially thought to be detrimental to women’s health but was later decided it made no difference and became a selling point for certain brands of contraceptives. Nowadays there is a different type of pill intended to regulate menstrual bleeding. However, in this case it’s designed to bring about the onset of menstruation rather than delay it and the drugs are the same pills used in chemical abortions.
Report: Hard to Measure How Much Community Benefits Hospitals Provide
It is not uncommon for doctors, hospitals, clinics and other medical professionals to claim they lose money on Medicare and especially Medicaid. Medicaid, the federal-state partnership for low-income Americans is an especially stingy payer for physician services. Medicaid fees vary from state to state and among physician specialties. However, that is a discussion for another day. Medicare is another story. For Instance, Medicare pays about three times the fees that Rhode Island Medicaid pays for primary care consults. Some other states’ Medicaid programs pay closer to what Medicare pays for the same services. This brings me to an article in Kaiser Health News.
The American Hospital Association contends that the federal government reimburses providers significantly less than it costs to care for Medicare recipients. Unlike private insurers, the federal government does not negotiate prices with hospitals. Medicare bases the amount it pays on hospitals’ locations, labor costs, and other factors.