- Approximately 99% of new medical devices utilize the 510(k) pathway for speedy FDA approval, but bureaucratic obstacles my slow AI and other innovations.
- The left in Israel demonizes and destroys a right-of-center think tank. Lessons for the US.
- How states scam the feds for Medicaid dollars: in 2023, New Hampshire received $2,123 in DSH grants per poor resident; Wyoming, only $4.
- 40 studies from around the world: learning loss form the pandemic equals about a half a year of schooling. That is equivalent to about 5.5% less life time income.
- The Chinese started lying about Covid almost as soon as Wuhan hospitals started seeing Covid patients.
Category: Health Economics & Costs
Saturday Links
- UK hospital: Asking a patient “What is your name?” is “rude, intrusive and insensitive.”
- CDC: No plans for a return of mask mandates.
- AEI study: More home care will not save nursing home costs under Medicaid. IMO, that’s because they aren’t doing it the right way.
- Inconsistent policies toward new drugs affects the development of all drugs.
- Haley: The Senate is a “privileged nursing home.”
Friday Links
- California: People are leaving and the state’s income is falling.
- Web searches for “racial disparities in healthcare in the United States” produce nearly 40 million hits.
- Medicare 2023 Trustees Report: The hospital insurance (HI) trust fund is scheduled to become insolvent in 2031 when Medicare patients will face an 11 percent cut in their hospital benefits.
- Biden administration moves to partially decriminalize marijuana. I don’t think anyone is in jail for using or possessing marijuana. These prisoners have plea bargained to avoid sentencing for more serious crimes.
- Aaron Carroll: RFK Jr. is wrong. Vaccines are tested against placebos.
Thursday Links
- Pharma: Medicare drug price negotiation could slow the search for a cure for cancer.
- Good summary of the case against Medicare price negotiation.
- Economic freedom is positively correlated with civic virtue.
- Countries with the highest economic growth rates have the lowest birth rates.
- Skip the next business meeting: Google Meet video lets you send a bot to attend the meeting on your behalf.
- The U.S. has at least 600 fewer nursing homes than it did six years ago.