- Disney’s woke version of Snow White bombs.
- What the left wants to do with Medicaid: unionize the workers.
- Study: Listening to your favorite music may reduce pain.
- AAF: Biden’s climate policies had no effect on Co2 emissions.
- Deregulation in Argentina.
- The U.S. has slid to 24th place in the world on the happiness index.
Category: Drug Prices & Regulations
Trump Think Tank Backs Reference Pricing for Drugs
“…the average American household paid drug manufacturers $616, which was subsequently invested in R&D in 2021. By contrast, the average household in Canada paid drug manufacturers just $59.”
Source: America First Policy Institute
Tuesday Links
- Primary care physicians providing a higher proportion of telehealth visits cared for more Black, Hispanic, dual-eligible, and medically complex patients.
- To make telehealth access permanent for Medicare patients, let the rate be lower than the rate for in-office visits.
- Mobility: More than three out of four Americans (76.8%) will be in the top 20% by income for at least one year between ages 26 to 60, and about one out of three will be there for ten years or more!
- “We show how fraud is driven by a combination of inadequate (expected) penalties for fraud and imperfect reimbursement rates.”
Monday Links
- The Government Accountability Office has calculated that over the past 20 fiscal years, the federal government has paid more than $2.8 trillion in improper payments. Over 53 percent of reported fiscal year 2024 improper payments originated from the Medicare and Medicaid programs.
- Public school finance: Where is all the money going?
- China is now the second largest producer of new pharmaceuticals.
- Alan Simpson: Politics is derived from Latin. Poli means many and tics means blood-sucking insects.
- Need surgery? Monday is a lot better than Friday.
- 97% of young adults who follow the Success Sequence escape poverty by their late 20s and early 30s.