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Category: Health Insurance

British Primary Care Doctors Overworked and Voted for Labor Slowdown

Posted on December 2, 2024 by Devon Herrick

With the Left in love with the idea of a national health program like Medicare-for-All, it’s wise to compare experiences other countries have with similar programs. Historically the British National Health Service (NHS) emphasized easy access to primary care, while rationing more costly services of specialists and expensive drugs. Lately the NHS is even experiencing problems with access to primary care.

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Saturday Links

Posted on November 30, 2024November 29, 2024 by John C. Goodman
  • National Review is disappointed in telehealth.
  • Tyler on Marty Makary.
  • Medicare and Medicaid fraud = $100 billion a year. 
  • Nearly half of adolescents and three-quarters of adults in the U.S. were clinically overweight or obese in 2021 — double the number in 1990.
  • Britain legalizes assisted dying.
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Study: Solo Seniors Rely on Informal Networks of Friends and Family for Assisted Living

Posted on November 29, 2024 by Devon Herrick

America is facing a long-term care (LTC) crisis. By some accounts, about 70% of adults over age 65 will need long term care at some point. The supply of LTC facilities is far too low to meet demand, a fact unlikely to change considering few Americans have LTC insurance.

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Monday Links

Posted on November 25, 2024November 25, 2024 by John C. Goodman
  • The Big Fail: by Joe Nocera and  Bethany McLean
  • 10 ways to reform the NIH
  • What the CMS bureaucracy really looks like.
  • Bad news on population fertility.
  • More about Marty Makary
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