The Wall Street Journal reports that more Americans are turning to AI chatbots, and OTC medical tests to diagnose and treat themselves, or at least monitor their own health. Surveys going back more than 25 years found that about 100 million Americans a year turn to the Internet for health information. A few minutes on the Internet can teach patients more about their health condition than their doctor would have time to explain. AI has made perusing the Internet for health information even easier.
Category: Telemedicine
Thursday Links
- More than 60 major health insurance companies have committed to six actions to streamline the use of prior authorization.
- In “No Surprise Act” arbitrations, providers win 72–85 percent of the time.
- Schaeffer Center Study: The Inflation Reduction Act IRA) is poised to raise drug costs for most Medicare beneficiaries.
- “There are an estimated 25,000 near-Earth asteroids at least 460 feet wide — large enough to destroy a city — and only 44 percent of them have been found.” (NYT)
- One in four abortions in the U.S. were provided using telehealth at the end of 2024.
- Everything you wanted to know about garlic.
Thursday Links
- Since 2020, CMS has allowed MA plans to offer telehealth services as part of their basic benefit structure.
- Peter Orszag: Our federal debt is dangerously high. (NYT)
- Larry Kotlikoff: Our real debt is even higher.
- Review of the MAHA report.
- New York Governor Kathy Hochul on Medicaid: Young family members “can make $37 an hour by sitting home with your Grandma.”
- A flesh-eating parasite is inching its way toward the US.