Most care is self-care, at least initially. The most common way Americans care for themselves is with an OTC drug.
Category: Drug Prices & Regulations
Saturday Links
Insurers (including Medicare and Medicaid) should be required to let their enrollees keep 100 percent of the savings from price shopping for care. So, for instance, if a patient opts for a surgeon charging $4,000 for a procedure, and the insurer would normally pay $5,000 for the service, the patient should get to keep the $1,000 from choosing the lower-priced option.
This is much easier to do with a a Heath Savings AccountÂ
Study: Heavy Drinking Rose During Covid and Has Not Fallen
Drinking had already jumped before the Covid Pandemic and shot up even more during Covid. Many Americans felt isolated, worried for the future, stressed due to income loss, risk of death and uncertainty. They drank as a result, or perhaps they drank more as a result. The proportion of Americans who drank alcohol rose, as did the amount of alcohol they drank.
Thursday Links
- Study: Residents of the European Union and Britain are twice as likely to die prematurely from exposure to gas stove pollutants than from a car crash.
- American life expectancy is rising again.
- Chris Jacobs: Health reforms for a Republican Congress.
- With some exceptions, government health program cannot deny coverage for a drug just because the social costs are higher than the social benefits.
- Medicare price controls on durable medical equipment have led to fewer new products, less innovation.