The reality is that hospitals find that few uninsured patients can afford to pay their prices, who are often saddled with debts they cannot pay. The debts are often written off as uncollectable. Uninsured patients are not a significant source of income for hospitals. Third party payers are.
Category: Public Insurance
Wednesday links – 15 May 2024
- The rise in reported maternal mortality rates in the US is largely due to a change in measurement. HT: Tyler
- Can Ozempic be a substitute for insulin for diabetics?
- Ozempic and Wegovy could slash the risk of heart attacks and strokes, even if patients don’t lose weight.
- Paragon Health’s solution for Medicare: more means testing.
- The Heritage Foundation has a similar proposal.
Tuesday Links
- Consuming half a tablespoon of olive oil every day is associated with a 28% lower risk of dying of dementia.
- Less than half of all workers plan to work past age 62.
- An argument for not giving free health care to illegals.
- Trump v. Biden on the response to Covid.
- Getting rich by doing good: The nonprofit University of Pittsburgh Medical Center CEO makes $12 million a year.
Why Processed Foods Matter
[Researchers] raised a group of rats in a cage and gave them an abundant supply of healthy, balanced rat chow made out of the kind of food rats had been eating for a very long time. The rats would eat it when they were hungry, and then they seemed to feel sated and stopped. They did not become fat.