- The world is making better progress at reducing poverty than previously thought.
- David Henderson: “If new drugs can make it in America, they are developed. If they can’t, they aren’t.”
- Study: early risers are happier and healthier.
- Over half of recent college graduates are underemployed.
- Are you better Off? Most Americans are consuming more today (in real terms ) than they consumed in 2019 – before the pandemic.
Category: Health Economics & Costs
More Physicians Messaging Patients by Email (and Billing for it)
Probably around 50 years after telephones made their arrived in doctors’ offices physicians stopped using them to communicate with patients. The reason was because health insurance enrollment was growing and third-party payers were not willing to reimburse for phone consultations, while few doctors wanted to work for free. That has been changing over the past few years (the former, not the latter).
Thursday Links
- Study: diet soft drinks are bad for your heart.
- The “pill penalty”: Medicare will set prices for pills, tablets and capsules 9 years after FDA approval. But biologics get 13 years. Go figure.
- Because of an outdated FDA approval process the family had to take their daughter to Italy to save her life.
- “The reason why Singapore spends so much less on health than other developed countries is its low hospital utilization.” HT: Tyler
- All you want to know (and then some) about fasting.