A new economic analysis claims to identify future societal costs of kids with behavior problems in kindergarten (summary here). The analysis estimated costs to society in terms of crime, excess health needs and lost productivity.
Category: Health Economics & Costs
Sunday Links
- Approximately 99% of new medical devices utilize the 510(k) pathway for speedy FDA approval, but bureaucratic obstacles my slow AI and other innovations.
- The left in Israel demonizes and destroys a right-of-center think tank. Lessons for the US.
- How states scam the feds for Medicaid dollars: in 2023, New Hampshire received $2,123 in DSH grants per poor resident; Wyoming, only $4.
- 40 studies from around the world: learning loss form the pandemic equals about a half a year of schooling. That is equivalent to about 5.5% less life time income.
- The Chinese started lying about Covid almost as soon as Wuhan hospitals started seeing Covid patients.
Saturday Links
- UK hospital: Asking a patient “What is your name?” is “rude, intrusive and insensitive.”
- CDC: No plans for a return of mask mandates.
- AEI study: More home care will not save nursing home costs under Medicaid. IMO, that’s because they aren’t doing it the right way.
- Inconsistent policies toward new drugs affects the development of all drugs.
- Haley: The Senate is a “privileged nursing home.”
Friday Links
- California: People are leaving and the state’s income is falling.
- Web searches for “racial disparities in healthcare in the United States” produce nearly 40 million hits.
- Medicare 2023 Trustees Report: The hospital insurance (HI) trust fund is scheduled to become insolvent in 2031 when Medicare patients will face an 11 percent cut in their hospital benefits.
- Biden administration moves to partially decriminalize marijuana. I don’t think anyone is in jail for using or possessing marijuana. These prisoners have plea bargained to avoid sentencing for more serious crimes.
- Aaron Carroll: RFK Jr. is wrong. Vaccines are tested against placebos.