- How Paragon would reform Medicare without cutting benefits.
- Expected lifetime consumption per person: $10M in the US and $25K in many sub-Saharan African countries.
- Beauty appreciation is hardwired into our brains.
- Weight loss drug works against liver disease.
- Noah Smith: “The U.S. government is actually spending more this year than it did last year under Biden.”
Category: Policy & Legislation
Something We Don’t See Very Often: A Health Affairs Study That is Critical of Medicaid
Medicaid is the single largest payer for behavioral health services (ie, mental health and substance use disorder treatment) in the United States. More than 3 in every 10 enrollees have a diagnosed mental health condition, and many enrollees report inadequate access to care.
Source:Medicaid Managed Care Organizations’ Experiences with Network Adequacy
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.”