Cancer is a dreaded disease. People often worry more about getting cancer than heart disease, the No. 1 killer more likely to take their lives. Indeed, Mutual of Omaha sent me applications for cancer coverage on several occasions. I’ve heard those policies are very profitable for insurance companies because people far over-estimate their risk of…
Category: Drug Prices & Regulations
Friday Links
- AEI reforms the health care system: antitrust, price transparency and site neutrality for hospitals; Medicare Part B and 340B reforms for drugs.
- Why electronic medical records aren’t working.
- The downside of making the overdose reversal drug naloxone an over-the-counter drug: most health insurance doesn’t pay for OTC drugs.
- Study: telehealth significantly reduced opioid overdoses during the pandemic.
- Americans want less government spending, but not on any program you are likely to think of.
Thursday Links
- Rep. Earl L. “Buddy” Carter (R-GA) leads a bipartisan group of House members who want to bring drug production onshore.
- Warren piles on — attacking MA plans. Private insurers have a “long history of exploiting the government out of billions of dollars,” she says.
- Against the “AI pause.”
- Yglesias: The problem with the media is the audience.
- Does Medicaid expansion reduce employment?
Tuesday Links
- Low income, large debts cause stress. They needed a poll to know this?
- Two-thirds of patients have never challenged the accuracy of a medical bill.
- Reason for the Adderall shortage: government. (NYT)
- What great thinkers seem to agree on: Walking is good. (NYT)
- Can electricity improve the functioning of the brain? (NYT)