- The equivalent of about $1,800 per person in America will be invested this year on A.I.
- Are the Obamacare exchanges unstable?
- Is Trump offering universities a deal they can’t refuse?
- Birth cohort effect: “Those born in 1990 have a two- to threefold increased risk of certain cancers compared with those born in 1955.
- Nearly 5.8 million low-income older adults are eligible for the programs to help them pay Medicare costs but are not enrolled … The applications can run as long as 30 pages in some states. (NYT)
- DIY Health care: Quest Diagnostics now offers more than 150 options directly to consumers — from $29 blood counts to a $385 health profile that evaluates heart, kidney, and liver functions.
Category: Medicare
What Should be the Goal of Medicaid Work Requirements?
Beginning in 2027 working age adults enrolled in Medicaid will face a work requirement. Adult Medicaid recipients in states with 1115 waivers and ACA Medicaid expansion populations will be required to work at least 80 hours a month or engage in other beneficial activities. You can read a summary of federal Medicaid work requirements here.
Thursday Links
- Apple’s new smartwatch alert missed over half of hypertension cases in a clinical study. (Statnews)
- The FDA sent 75 cease and desist letters to drug companies over misleading TV ads.
- Arnold Kling on AI.
- When generics are included, Medicare and Medicaid pay on average 18 percent less per prescription than public programs in five other countries.
- There are 400 million people in the world with rare genetic diseases. Gene therapy might help them, but it’s too expensive. (NYT)
- Trump’s $100,000 tax on H1-B visas is a disproportionately unfair tax on small businesses and does not solve any real problem.
Saturday Links
- Throwing money at public schools doesn’t work.
- 68 occupations will benefit from no tax on tips.
- Why initial BLS job reports turn out to be wrong.
- Healthcare Leadership Council: MedPAC wrong about Medicare Advantage.
- A recent peer-reviewed study counts almost a hundred environmental doomsday predictions that never came to pass.
- Drug ads: Will happy music and bright colors suddenly be treated as misbranding?