- Out of more than 50 alternative payment models (APM) that CMS has implemented only six have shown statistically significant cost savings.
- Chronic diseases cause 75% of all global deaths.
- A liberal admits Trump was right about vaping.
- The pros and cons of noncompete clauses for physicians.
- Why decriminalization can lead to lower drug use.
- How deregulation is needed to allow US medical innovation to go forward.
Category: Direct Primary Care
Friday Links
- The Risky Research Review Act would put guard rails around the ability of scientists to engage in gain of function research.
- Paragon has 12 reforms to federal healthcare spending that would curb spending by $2.1 trillion over 10 years.
- Two ways to boost the supply of transplantable organs.
- AEI on the need for legalizing the market for human organs.
- An unintended consequence of EOTC: when the credit is more generous, single adult daughters work more and spend less time on caregiving for their elderly parents. I am not against including care giving as a social useful activity under the EITC. I am against giving away money with no strings attached at all.
- US brand drugs sell for about three times what people pay in other countries; but US generics are one-third less than the prices abroad.
- Patients who think they are communicating with their doctors through MyChart could unknowingly be linking to a AI program called Art. If unedited by a human, Art’s responses risk serious harm about 7% of the time. (NYT)
WSJ: Plan Ahead if You Want to Age in Place in Your Own Home
More than three-quarters of seniors claim they want to age in place, living out the remainder of their life in their own home. This includes when they become too infirm to clean, bathe, cook and maintain their property. Running a household when you cannot do chores yourself can get expensive. Some houses do not lend themselves to senior living.
Retiree Medical Care Can Deplete Retirement Savings
Unless you have a really good pension, a fat 401(k) or fully funded IRA early retirement is often a bad idea. First, you are beginning to spend down your retirement savings five or ten years early, forcing the same savings to stretch five or ten years longer. In addition, Social Security benefits are roughly 30% lower when taken early compared to full retirement age. Another reason it can be a bad idea is health insurance.