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Category: Drug Prices & Regulations

Saturday Links

Posted on November 9, 2024November 9, 2024 by John C. Goodman
  • The downside of more screening.
  • Nine health reform ideas for Trump.
  • Facebook censors are going wild.
  • A majority of adult Americans have at least one chronic condition. More than one-fourth of us have two or more.
  • Out-of-pocket costs were 18–24 percent lower in Medicare Advantage than traditional Medicare, from 2014 through 2019.
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Thursday Links

Posted on November 7, 2024November 7, 2024 by John C. Goodman
  • If a “race neutral” standard were used, hundreds of thousands, if not millions, of Black Americans would be classified under the newer race-neutral equation as having more severe emphysema, greater medical impairment, more occupational disqualifications, and higher disability payments because of their newly classified lung disease.
  • Following the passage of the No Surprise Act, some  surprise bills are costing insurers more than before the act was passed, possibly by as much as 50 percent above prevailing in-network rates.
  • Oracle’s AI backed Electronic Medical Record system can draft clinical documentation, propose next steps like lab tests and follow-up visits, and pull data from notes to automate coding. 
  • US Nonprofit hospitals have widely varying criteria on who qualifies for free and discounted charity care.
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Wednesday Links

Posted on November 6, 2024November 6, 2024 by John C. Goodman
  • Nearly half of doctors report feeling some burnout. 
  • Physicians work an average of 59 hours a week, and the average physician makes $350,000 a year.  (WSJ)
  • Today’s marijuana products are loaded with THC – at far higher levels (and with much more dangerous side effects) than 1960s pot.  Switzerland limits the THC content to less than 1%. In France, the limit is 0.3%. A Florida proposal would allow up to 60% THC content.
  • Mitochondrial imbalance linked to 90 percent of chronic diseases.
  • There are cases where metastatic cancers go into complete remission. (interesting)
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Tuesday Links

Posted on November 5, 2024November 4, 2024 by John C. Goodman
  • Yours truly in Epoch Times on the health care positions of the two presidential candidates.
  • Vaccines do not cause autism.
  • Fewer than 1 in 6 health care workers in hospitals and nursing homes reported getting the COVID-19 booster.
  • The Medicare “doctor’s fix” explained.
  • Older doctors remain on call for ER duty, while younger doctors stay home with their families.
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For many years, our health care blog was the only free enterprise health policy blog on the internet. Then, when the NCPA closed its doors, the health blog stopped as well.

During this five-year hiatus no one else has come forward to claim the space. So, my colleagues and I have decided to restart the blog in connection with the Goodman Institute. We invite you and others to use this forum to share your views.

John C. Goodman,

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