- What happens when whistleblowers reveal what appears to be medical malpractice associated with “gender affirming care”? The government goes after the whistleblowers.
- More on AI and rural health. (STAT)
- New NBER paper: “Our calculations indicate that currently proposed U.S. policies to reduce pharmaceutical prices, though particularly beneficial for low-income and elderly populations, could dramatically reduce firms’ investment in highly welfare-improving R&D.”
- Could quitting your job actually help the economy?
- Steuerle: “Never in U.S. history has there been so much growth in debt scheduled in current law from past legislation.”
- BMJ publication bias during covid: very one-sided and on the wrong side of history.
- Feds seek delay in releasing covid safety data.
- Do good-looking people live longer?
Category: Drug Prices & Regulations
Friday Links
- New study: the relationship between freedom and economic prosperity is stronger than previously thought.
- David Friedman: Why Chicago economics is better than Austrian economics.
- Does weed cause strokes and heart attacks? Apparently not. We linked to the original study, but this video convinced me that it was junk science.
- Milliman study: Medicare Part D drug price negotiation program could raise out-of-pocket costs in 2026 for 3.5 million seniors.
- Cato: “Our results suggest that the costs of menthol prohibition to users and suppliers exceed the value of the reduction in mortality risks from secondhand smoke by $15.4 billion.”
- Paragon: 5 million people have been fraudulently enrolled in the Obamacare exchanges costing taxpayers an estimated $20 billion this year.
WSJ: PBMs Charge More for Mail-Order Drugs Than Prices at Local Pharmacies
Some seniors order drugs from abroad to save money. A few states are even considering mail-ordering cheaper drugs from Canada for state employees. Every employer cannot order drugs from Canada, however. There are just not enough drugs in Canada to serve their own population along with 100 million Americans with employee health coverage.
Wednesday Links
- Study: Bans on flavored tobacco products don’t work.
- Are women taking over our health care system?
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There are 4.2 million nurses, over 1 million doctors, and over 1/2 million PAs and NPs in the US…. Women hold … 90% of all nursing positions, 66% of PAs, and 55% of all current Medical School slots.
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- NBER study: As hospital prices went up 1%, the percentage of people who ended up out of a job rose by 0.4% and payments for tax-funded unemployment insurance increased 2.5%.
- The total expense [of developing a new drug] is estimated at $1 billion on average. It takes 10 to 15 years. And nearly 90 percent of the candidate drugs that enter human clinical trials fail.
- Colorado wants to import drugs from Canada. Pharma is opposed.