There are 77 million Baby Boomers and people age 60 and older. Among other things, many will begin to feel the pain of joints that are wearing out and will need hip or knee replacement.
Category: Health Economics & Costs
Friday Links
- Kamala’s Medicare for All plan would be costly. Very costly.
- Around 60% of baby and toddler food items sold in major U.S. retailers fail to meet international nutritional guidelines.
- 1.81 billion people are “energy poor.”
- University of Chicago economist Casey Mulligan: Kamala Harris’s votes for ARP and IRA were responsible for at least half of the excess inflation experienced during the Biden presidency.
- Medicare’s actuaries estimate because of the IRA, the average cost of providing drug coverage will rise by 179% next year. In an attempt to avert that, the Biden/Harris administration is planning to give Medicare Part D plans $70 billion, three-year “premium stabilization” program — “a massive bailout to insurers to paper over the increased costs of the Inflation Reduction Act.”
Is Marriage a Magic Health Elixir? Then Why Does Government Discourage it?
Marriage improves health, wealth, and wellbeing. It reduces child poverty and boosts the resources kids need to grow and develop into well rounded adults. It is unfortunate that government policy that is intended to reduce poverty is arguable one source of it.
Thursday Links
- What does the Republican Party Platform have to say about heath care? Not much.
- MSM coverage of Kamala Harris since she replaced Joe Biden on the ticket was 84 percent positive; while Donald Trump’s coverage was 89% negative.
- PhARMA: Over half of every dollar spent on medicines goes to middlemen and others.
- International study: after patent expiration (and the arability of generics), the fastest price declines were observed in the US — 32% in year 1 and 82% within 8 years.
- Why have so many pancreata (the plural of pancreas) gone missing?