- Trump executive orders pertaining to health care.
- RFK, Jr: “I’ll get processed food out of school lunch immediately,”
- “On average, a typical [Medicare Advantage] enrollee could expect to save 18-24% on out-of-pocket costs by picking an MA plan over traditional Medicare—an amount equivalent to nearly $140 per month.”
- Anthony Fauci, pardoned by Biden, loses security protection under Trump.
- Medicare Advantage plans managed by physician groups are more efficient and of higher quality than other MA plans.
- Debate: does marriage make men and women happier and healthier?
- Census data reveal there are 31.8 million “excess” bedrooms in American homes.
Category: Health Insurance
Friday Links
- If Medicaid paid doctors as much as private insurers pay that would reduce more than half of differences in access to care among adults and would eliminate such disparities entirely among children.
- Thinkers tell Health Affairs how we should reform the health care system: Mark McClellan, Bill Frist, Don Berwick, etc. None advocate liberating the marketplace.
- The long reach of DEI: about a quarter of the American workforce is employed by a business classified as a “government contractor.”
- Why there is so much health care rationing in Canada: the US has almost half again as many doctors per capita.
- Larry Ellison: artificial intelligence (AI) will allow us to detect cancer and help develop a personalized vaccine in 48 hours.
While Heavy Drinking Is Way UP, Some People Want to Cut Back Becoming Soberish
Since well before the Covid Pandemic, drinking has been climbing. While drinking rose even more due to the stress and uncertainty of covid, it never really came back down.
Thursday Links
- Trump’s seven health care actions on day one.
- An interesting summary of what Trump’s Day One executive orders will mean.
- ACOs also receive risk adjusted payments and they have incentives to up code.
- Mortality rates in Medicare advantage are initially lower than in traditional Medicare but they converge over time.
- Will the world come to an end after the US leaves the WHO?
- The Healthy SNAP Act that would ban spending food stamps on junk food. Here is why the legislation would probably make no difference.