Americans are struggling with medical bills. This news is from charities that assist patients with medical bills. Critics point to President Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill as exacerbating the problem. They argue cutting Medicaid eligibility and not extending the enhanced subsidies for Obamacare as raising costs for some Americans. Even with insurance medical bills strain budgets.
Category: Drug Prices & Regulations
Wednesday Links
- Former Sen. Bill Frist (and colleagues) reviews MAHA policy toward food.
- Why immediate expensing of capital investment is a good thing.
- Cost of IVF could exceed $300,000. (WSJ)
- During the 2000s, the FDA’s oncology chief, Richard Pazdur, torpedoed cancer treatment drug tests based on quibbles with their trial designs—until his wife got cancer.
- How hospitals violate the price transparency requirements.
Tuesday Links
- Around 2 million 12-to-17 year olds are on S.S.R.I.s, the most commonly prescribed class of antidepressants. (NYT)
- Study: Antidepressants for children are no better than a placebo, but with greater side effects.
- Gene editing techniques are getting better and faster.
- Some benefits of root canals: less diabetes and heart disease.
- Can robots do the job of nursing home care? (WSJ)
- Cost of IVF could exceed $300,000. (WSJ)
- Technology is making the war on Cancer winnable. (WSJ)
During the 2000s, the agency’s oncology chief, Richard Pazdur, torpedoed treatments based on quibbles with their trial designs
Saturday Links
- Among 184 cancer drugs analyzed, 41.8 percent had at least one follow-on approval, with 59.7 percent of those targeting earlier disease stages than the original approval. This type of innovation is threatened by the IRA, which shortened the period of patent protection.
- Nearly 70,000 federal employees make more than $200,000, or two and a half times the median household income.
- Less than 60% of males between the ages of 16-24 are working.
- Capretta’s ACA reform: let low-wage workers have a partial subsidy to buy into their employer’s plan.
- Mark Cuban wants to F___ Up health care. (Statnews)
- Study: healthy lifestyle habits improve engagement at work.