- An argument on drug shortages: GPOs are not the problem. (Stat News)
- Biden executive orders have cost us more than $2 trillion, based on CBO estimates.
- CBO: the CMS funded models of care (designed to lower cost and improve quality) are increasing (not decreasing) federal health care spending.
- Study: subsidizing women’s work drives down birth rates.
- Laws on the books in half the states could make you responsible for paying for your parents nursing home care.
Category: Drug Prices & Regulations
Friday Links
- Does health care improve health? Scott Alexander contra Robin Hanson.
- Certificate of need (CON) laws still operate in 35 states.
- Why Medicare won’t pay for additional breast scans.
- Is the government hiding something about the “Havana Syndrome”?
- Why ACOs aren’t working.
- Cost of new regulations under Biden: $1.37 trillion.
Communities Eagerly Await Opioid Settlement Funds but Unsure How to Use Them
The Wall Street Journal reported on communities hard hit by the opioid epidemic, hoping settlement funds would mitigate the damage done by drug addiction. The Opioid Master Settlement Agreement was patterned after the tobacco settlements, except federal officials tried to structure the funds in such a way to avoid the money from being siphoned off for purposes unrelated to drug treatment.
Wednesday Links
- Debt and more debt.
- How computer programs determine how much pain medication you are allowed to have.
- What happens when employees go out of network?