- How wasteful is traditional Medicare? Every dollar Medicare spent on monitoring spending generated $24–$29 in government savings.
- Drug approval times around the world.
- The new Ai Pin sounds intriguing. But what will it do for health care?
- Who needs a doctor’s office, if you can get care from a kiosk in a shopping mall?
Category: Policy & Legislation
Long-Term Care is a Growing Problem (that has no easy solution)
Long-term care is expensive. By expensive, I mean break-the-bank expensive. As people begin to live longer, they don’t always live well longer. Medical science can keep people alive long after they are no longer able to function. The lack of affordable long-term care is a problem that has no easy solution.
The Case for Medicare Advantage
Medicare Advantage enrollees experience lower rates of hospital admission and lower rates of expensive and ineffective medical procedures in the last few months of life.
Wednesday Links
- Life expectancy for men in the U.S. falls to 73 years — six years less than for women.
- Noah Smith lauds Singapore but neglects to mention Medisave accounts.
- What discount rate should be used in evaluating changes in health policies?
- Should medical screenings be based on cost/benefit analysis or on the patient’s willingness to pay?
- A tribute to Vernon Smith – long time friend of the Goodman Institute.
- Does the case for a free society depend on the existence of free will?