- There is no placebo effect.
- A new study by Economist Zach Mazlish of the University of Oxford finds that households suffered a 1.7% median annualized decline in post-tax real income during Biden’s term, far more negative than previously reported. But under Trump real median income surged by 2.1% per year.
- What to know about RFK and the FDA. (Statnews)
- RFK v, the AMA (Statnews)
- Are health sharing ministries a low-cost alternative to traditional health insurance?
- World-renowned vaccine scientist: What RFK gets right.
Category: Health Insurance
Tuesday Links
- RFK’s biggest challenge at HHS: The DEI crowd.
- “In just over 10 years, between 2011 and 2022, the investigators found that annual autism diagnoses tripled among children 5 to 8 years of age.”
- Jay Bhattacharya is the leading candidate to head the NIH. That would be justice.
- The VA has developed a more sophisticated model of lack of access to care beyond reported waiting times.
- Matt Holt: my initial conclusion is that the Trump administration will in the end not change American health care very much. It’s really more of a hope than a reasoned conclusion.
Saturday Links
Insurers (including Medicare and Medicaid) should be required to let their enrollees keep 100 percent of the savings from price shopping for care. So, for instance, if a patient opts for a surgeon charging $4,000 for a procedure, and the insurer would normally pay $5,000 for the service, the patient should get to keep the $1,000 from choosing the lower-priced option.
This is much easier to do with a a Heath Savings Account
Wednesday Links
- The case against sports gambling.
- Pharma has a new ad targeting PBMs.
- RFK Jr.: 600 people at the National Institutes of Health will be fired on day one of Trump’s second term.
- RFK Jr.: “We’re not gonna take vaccines away from anybody.”
- Josh Barro on what’s wrong with Blue cities.
- Medicare Advantage plans sue CMS over star ratings. (Modern Healthcare)