- Moffett: Britain’s new prime minister refuses to say whether he relies on private care or the National Health Service.
- Badger: The way the No Surprise (for doctor billings) Act is panning out is not what we signed on for.
- Moffett and Badger: what the government did wrong in response to the Covid pandemic; what it should have done.
- Moffett: Why can’t Dr. Fauci and the CDC get their stories straight on whether masking is effective?
Category: Consumer-Driven Health Care
Want to Increase Organ Donation? Compensate the Owners
According to the Mayo Clinic, more than 100,000 Americans are waiting for an organ transplant. Some states have considered trying to solve the shortage of donor organs by requiring the legal owners of the aforementioned organs to “opt out” if they don’t want to give away thousands of dollars worth of organs for free at time of death.
Smartphones are the Future of Physician Visits
In the past I predicted that online technology would boost telemedicine. I don’t just mean you can use your cellphone to call, email or text your doctor. I’m talking about all the apps and peripherals that could be attached to that powerful minicomputer you keep in your pocket or purse.
Thursday Links
- Video: A Canadian describes what socialized medicine is like in Canada. Get ready to hit your pause button to appreciate the examples.
- If you used GoodRx to find bargains on your medications, it sent your sensitive health data to tech companies like Meta and Google to use for advertising, according to the FTC.
- Researchers from Johns Hopkins found that 54 percent of people believe landlords should be allowed to deny housing to people with drug addiction and 64 percent believe employers should be allowed to deny them employment. But if addiction is defined as a “disability,” none of this would be legal.
- What a Democrat aligned advocacy group wants from Congress on health care: Continue Obamacare subsidies for the rich; extend Medicare drug price controls to everyone else; hearing, dental and eye care benefits for Medicare enrollees – regardless of income and despite the fact that those benefits are available for free from Medicare Advantage plans.