- Half of all Medicare beneficiaries are now in Medicare Advantage plans.
- Gallup: 38% say they or a family member put off medical care because of costs – the highest number in 22 years.
- Cato: Black civil servants earned approximately 3.4 – 6.9 percentage points less because of the segregationist policies of Woodrow Wilson – the 20th century’s most prominent “progressive.”
- Mark Cuban’s online Cost Plus Drug Co. as 2 million customers. Cuban says the pharmacy could have saved his Dallas Mavericks basketball team $146,000. So why didn’t they?
Category: Drug Prices & Regulations
Sneaky FDA Tricked Congress to Granting it the Power to Regulate the Practice of Medicine
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is tasked with ensuring the safety and effectiveness of drugs, and medical devices in addition to food and cosmetic safety. One thing the FDA is not responsible for is regulating the practice of medicine. The following is from an FDA Q & A website:
New Drug for Obesity May Become Biggest Selling Drug of All Time
A new drug by Eli Lilly is poised to become the biggest selling drug of all time. However, a writer at NBC News is worried about whether Americans can afford it. The drug tirzepatide has completed its final stages of testing and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration is likely to approve it for weight loss in 2023. Tirzepatide is the third drug from a new class of diabetes drugs called GLP-1 agonists, which includes the drugs Wegovy and Saxenda.
Friday Links
- DOJ: Postal service can deliver abortion pills.
- NIH-funded food pyramid says lucky charms are better than steak; chocolate covered almonds are better than cheddar cheese.
- Pro-choice argument: the FDA’s step forward on abortion medications is not nearly good enough.
- The European Union bans 1,300 ingredients from use in cosmetics. The US bans 11. (NYT)