- AEI endorses health system price controls. WHAT?
- Multiple agencies “misrepresented and deceived” lawmakers over experiments to swap genes between “more lethal” and “more transmissible” lineages of monkeypox.
- Money doesn’t buy happiness, but happy people are more successful.
- Why some people don’t get covid – even when exposed to it.
- Does spirituality affect health? (Speculative)
- Lawfare explained.
Category: Policy & Legislation
Friday Links
- CBO: Federal debt held by the public to reach 180% of GDP by mid century.
- One solution to the debt problem: faster economic growth.
- Dr. Steven Quay on the origins of covid: Testimony. Book: “This book is a shocking account of the extreme experiments, of the cover-ups and of the collusions that led to the outbreak of the worst pandemic since the 1918 Spanish influenza and broadens the censure to include the American and British scientists who thwarted a proper investigation of the origin of COVID-19.”
- Standing between rural residents and health care: certificate of need laws.
- Families matter: Odds of going to college and graduating from college vs. going to prison, based on the presence or absence of parents.
- South Africa’s public health care system has run out of the human insulin pens for diabetics, as the pharmaceutical industry shifts production priorities to weight-loss drugs.
- Nearly three years after the creation of a $42.5 billion federal program to bring high speed internet access to rural residents, not a single home or business has been connected and no project will break ground until sometime next year.
Why Medicare Advantage Improves Care and Reduces Costs
Fee-for-service Medicare is expensive and too often is poorly delivered. The fee-based payment model pays more for bad and failed care because when the caregivers are paid only by the piece, they have more pieces to deliver when care fails. They deliver and bill for even more pieces when the health of a member deteriorates.
Is it a Problem that Pharmacies Are Going Out of Business? Yes, but Not Why You Think
Growing up in a small town we filled our prescriptions at Emery’s Drug. It was the quintessential small-town drugstore, with a soda fountain and barstools on one side with gifts, cards, candy and sundry items on the other. The pharmacy counter was at the back of the store. Emery’s Drug closed down nearly 30 years ago, although if you travel back to my hometown the faded sign is still there. The pharmacy industry is facing headwinds and Fortunate magazine explains why.