- “The study found that cold killed 17.4 people for every person killed by heat.”
- Trump: Ignore a lot of RFK Jr.’s past statements.
- The prices paid in 2019 by Blue Cross Blue Shield health plans in hospital outpatient departments were double those paid in physician offices for biologics, chemotherapies, and other infused cancer drugs,
- Novartis announced that its new gene therapy cancer treatment (Kymriah) will cost $475,000 for the one-time infusion. There is no charge if the treatment doesn’t work.
- The case for vaccines.
- The evolution of managed care: form doctor/hospital run HMOs to AI.
Category: Wednesday Links
Wednesday Links
- A theory of why there are food deserts. (speculative)
- Tyler Cowen’s skepticism about assisted dying in the UK.
- Why Bernie Sanders is wrong: 60% of Americans do not live “paycheck-to-paycheck.”
- Every ethnic group believes that America is “the greatest country on earth,” including 75% of Hispanic and 58% of blacks. The only group that doesn’t believe that are white liberal elites (31%).
- The downside of weight loss drugs: to keep your weight off, you have to stay on the drugs forever.
Wednesday Links
- Making HSAs more accessible for gig workers.
- Key to Trump’s goal of 3% growth: deregulation.
- How good are randomized control trial studies?
- Thirteen reanalyses (35%) led to interpretations different from that of the original article, 3 (8%) showing that different patients should be treated; 1 (3%), that fewer patients should be treated; and 9 (24%), that more patients should be treated.
- Biden proposes to cover weight loss drugs. Ten-year cost: $25 billion for Medicare and $11 billion for Medicaid.
- Health policy opportunities for Trump.