- 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)
Category: Health Insurance
Tuesday Links
- 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.
Buyer Beware: Some Dentists Profit by Replacing Healthy Teeth with Expensive Implants
Most dentists advise that implants are a last resort when a tooth cannot be saved due to infection. Neither are implants maintenance free. Real human teeth are always better than metal posts tied to a fake tooth. It’s like other areas of life, be skeptical if it sounds too good to be true and get second opinions before agreeing to expensive procedures.
Saturday Links
- Can access to credit affect the quality of health care hospitals deliver?
- Viewpoint: we are at the start of a 4th industrial revolution.
- Medicare Advantage telehealth primary care visits. They are more likely when the beneficiary is frail (39.4%), when the beneficiary is disabled (20.1%) and when low income (8.3%).
- Elevance study: Medicare Advantage saved Medicare as much as $144 billion over ten years. (I’ll have more to say about this study in the near future.)