Category: Direct Primary Care
Saturday Links
- ACA marketplace premiums to rise by 18% next year.
- When does weaponizing starvation become a war crime? And how guilty has the US been in the past?
- Why the reaction to RFK’s defunding of mRNA vaccine contracts is so negative.
- The cost of regulation.
- The most expensive government cost overruns.
- On average, almost one woman is slain every day in Pakistan as part of an “honor killing.”
- August 5, 2025 was one of the shortest days ever recorded.
- mRNA promises to turn cancer from a death sentence into a manageable condition.
Massive Fraud in Minnesota Medicaid Housing Assistance Program
“Since Minnesota became the first state to offer Medicaid coverage for Housing Stabilization Services, dozens of new companies have been created and enrolled in the program,” the search warrant reads. “These companies, and the individuals that run them have taken advantage of the housing crisis and the drug addiction crisis in Minnesota to prey on individuals who need help getting on their feet as they recover from drug addiction.”
Kaiser Family Foundation: Patient Charged $21,000 for a Post-Exposure Rabies Vaccine
I have argued before that health care has turned into a gold rush, where some medical providers price gouge without shame. The vast majority occurs in hospitals and especially in the emergency room. It has gotten worse in recent years. Kaiser Family Foundation (KFF) Health News reported in its news feature, Bill of the Month about a woman who had a close encounter with a bat while on vacation in Arizona.