Every daycare death is a tragedy, but they are relatively rare. The study is dated, but from 1985 to 2003 about 1,000 children died during daycare arrangements. That is about one a week, out of a population of 10 million. A back-of-the-envelope analysis suggests that is a yearly probability of death of about 1-in-200,000.
Category: Health Reform
Friday Links
- The four minute mile effect.
- Do CT scans cause cancer?
- Trump: why do small molecule drugs get fewer years before they’re subject to pricing negotiations with Medicare, compared to biologics? (StatNews)
- “The total amount of microbial cells in the marine sediment subsurface is estimated to be 2.9 x 10 [to the 29th] cells. This is about 10,000 times more than the estimated number of stars in the universe.”
- After the Trump tax cuts the share of total taxes paid by the top 1% went up.
Elevance Study: Medicare Advantage is Reducing Overall Medicare Spending
The study found that a 10-percentage-point increase in Medicare Advantage (MA) penetration is associated with a 0.8–1.9 percent decrease in total Medicare spending per capita. This translates to a 10-year savings estimate of approximately $59–$144 billion (in 2021 dollars)….
Source: Health Affairs