When you think of a community, often times we think of a town or a part of a city as being a community. So, when the hospital closes there is always another one nearby. Think a little larger and expand this to a county or a region. The travel become longer and more time consuming […]

If one were to attack real-spending as an issue to our economy and wish to lower spending, one of the places to look is commercial healthcare insurance. If I were the richest jumping -jack in the world, I would target Medicare Advantage which is paid extra to provide fundamental healthcare and up codes the service […]

r. j. sigmund sent Angry Bear a recent US healthcare updated report on what is impacting the US before Christmas. Good idea to take precautions and be aware of occurrences. Something to keep in mind while traveling for Christmas. Take precautions. Illnesses caused by respiratory viruses increase in US  Ahead of the Christmas holiday week, […]

This is just absurd. “As first reported by NPR, the state health department informed its employees that they were not allowed to promote COVID, influenza, or mpox vaccines. The directive, which department officials said they would not put into writing, related to all aspects of public health employees’ jobs: employees could not send out press […]

So much accomplished with 64 Prescription Drugs by the Biden Administration. So much potential for dismantling these accomplishments by the incoming Trump administration. More discounted drugs. Also, a plan to counter increasing prices increasing faster than inflation. Companies will pay back to Medicare the additional costs. HHS Announces Cost Savings for 64 Prescription Drugs Thanks […]

Many people including Richard S. Foster of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. and Ezra Klein predicted that the Affordable Care Act’s efforts to reduce Medicare outlays by squeezing providers would not work, because providers could opt out. I said they were wrong (fourth link here). Doctors with office practices can and do opt […]

Two different and closely matching explanation of healthcare spending in 2023. One in writing and the other pictorial. The latter is easily explained by itself and also with the written explanation. Increases in cost for Medicare are mostly due the commercial Medicare Advantage. The outcomes of which are no better and can be worst. U.S. […]

I have been writing on the costs of healthcare in the US for years and also presenting other articles discussing the same issue of cost and care. Over the years, it has not gone away and has only worsened. The 340B program which is supposed to be used to help those in lesser neighborhoods has […]

I was happy to see this in my email box. It was a treat to read it. Mr. Krugman is going to have his own substack in the future, having left the New York Times. Paul Krugman on healthcare and the DOGE or healthcare and politics. The evidence of the ACA as Krugman pints out […]

Semaglutides are turning out to be transformative for obesity in the way that statins have been transformative for hypercholesterolemia and anti-hypertensives have been transformative for high blood pressure: they’re not only highly effective but have minimal side effects. From a public health standpoint, there’s every reason to allow Medicare and Medicaid coverage for semaglutides. But […]