Unbiased Analysis of Today's Healthcare Issues
As reported by EndPoints: President Donald Trump on Tuesday signed an executive order offering support for a change to the IRA’s “pill penalty,” one of the industry’s long-standing policy priorities that could affect billions of dollars in drug costs under Medicare. The executive order on drug pricing contains a grab-bag of policy proposals, some of…
The Hill reports: The measles outbreak has now surpassed 700 reported cases in the U.S., raising the pressure on Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to rein in the deadly virus.Overall, 712 cases have been reported with new cases being discovered in Kansas, Ohio and Indiana, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The outbreak has…
Federal judge nixes FDA’s lab-developed test rule. Is AI a solution to the hospital staffing crisis? PBM price floor in Montana? AI finds new uses for old drugs. Measles comes to California (map)
Measles outbreak expands to 19 states. Commercial health plan coverage of accelerated approval drugs…and a recent case study. Extending IRA drug price negotiation to commercial plans? ‘Kennedy Turns to a Discredited Vaccine Skeptic for Autism Study’ Why are LLMs so good at economics? Most expensive states to start a business.
This is a new organization that Robert F. Kennedy Jr. aims to create, consolidating the functions of many federal health organizations and cutting significant staff. The Guardian reports: Robert F Kennedy Jr said the nation’s health agencies will cut 10,000 jobs from their 82,000-person workforce – an enormous reduction the US health secretary characterized as…
As reported by the BBC: NHS England will be abolished and brought under “democratic control” in an attempt to cut bureaucracy and duplication, Sir Keir Starmer has announced. The organisation, which oversees the country’s health service, will be brought into the Department of Health, and the PM said the move would free up money for…
On Tuesday (11 March 2025) the European Commission presented the draft of its new Critical Medicines Act (CMA). The Science Media Centre España writes that the CMA’s objective is: …to address the serious shortage of medicines and healthcare products, reduce external dependence on critical medicines and ingredients — especially from Asia — and guarantee the…
Can LLM experience anxiety? Impact of economic shocks on infant health. The advent of managed long-term services and home care. “Nothing would will have more impact on workers’ comp than significant cuts to Medicaid.” Impact of work from home.
Sarah Emond on Prescription for Better Access. “Nothing will have more impact on workers’ comp than significant cuts to Medicaid.” “So one can only assume that we’re not picking flu strains this year.” SLR: Palliative care effectiveness/cost effectiveness NBER: Economics of Artificial Intelligence
Professional fees in PE–owned gastroenterology practices. The Anthropic Economic Index (full paper). Physician tenure and clinical productivity. ‘Ineffective’ generic drugs fuel rare public anger in China Support cancer survivors (Randy Moss edition)