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Category: Drug Prices & Regulations

Wednesday Links

Posted on May 18, 2022July 25, 2022 by John C. Goodman

Right to try: The main obstacle is not government; it’s the drug companies.

Covid fact: For people under 25, Covid was less deadly than traffic accidents.

Additional fact: the Asian death rate was about half the white rate, one-third the black rate, and one-fourth the Hispanic rate.  (Rough estimates)

Why is the Covid death rate in Australia one-tenth of the U.S. level?

David Henderson: The FDA should approve the Alzheimer drug Aduhelm, but Medicare shouldn’t pay for it.

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Friday Links

Posted on May 13, 2022July 25, 2022 by John C. Goodman

Yglesias: At least think about letting the market work for kidneys, plasma, voluntary vaccine experimentation and even surrogate motherhood.

One fourth of Medicare hospital patients experienced an adverse event in 2018.

HHS has eliminated all public contact information for its staff.

An estimated $350 million in undisclosed royalties were paid to the National Institutes of Health and hundreds of its scientists, including Francis Collins and Anthony Fauci. 

Demand for travel nurses plunges.

If Roe goes, is IVF next?

$148 billion in K-12 Covid relief remains unspent.

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Covid Forced Nurses’ Salaries Higher; Hospitals Hated It

Posted on May 12, 2022May 12, 2022 by Devon Herrick

It is common for hospitals to use nurse staffing agencies, sometimes called “rent-a-nurse” to fill shifts when needed.  The downside is temp agency nurses costs more per hour than staff nurses who are hospital employees. During times when nurses are in short supply, as was the case with Covid, nurses are in such high demand they can safely work for staffing agencies knowing they will have plenty of work and higher pay.

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Is Mosquito Control a Public Good? (Medicaid Expansion is Definitely Not!)

Posted on May 11, 2022 by Devon Herrick

California became the home to the Aedes aegypti mosquito about a decade ago. Since then, it can be found from the Mexican border all the way to the northern California border with Oregon. It’s been found in 200 cities spread across 22 California counties. Its arrival was not welcome, however.

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