Category Health Care

Biomedical Industrial Complex?

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“When I was a student, I remember thinking about sick cancer patients and being brought almost to tears. That emotion was part of what drew me into cancer research; it felt like the most meaningful way to use science to…

Health care and FEMA

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We distill and report the news so you don’t have to. As such, we seldom chime in with our own suggestions, but … Let’s start here. For health conditions that would generally be considered “no fault of your own”. For…

ACA … made easy?

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One way to look at it. A guest post follows: “Let’s review the current Big Gov shutdown and ACA (aka, Unaffordable Care Act) In 2020 a typical ACA family of 2 paid an insanely low $80/month for health insurance.  The…

Health care and public policy

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From a Substack author in response to the United Healthcare shooting: “I’m of the school of thought that says certain things shouldn’t be businesses, but rather, nationalized services. Healthcare, education, water, electricity, and gas are five of those things.”

Private-Equity and Healthcare

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“The California state senate has passed legislation to hinder healthcare acquisitions by private-equity firms and hedge funds, as states seek new powers to slow the corporate consolidation of medicine. The law, called Assembly Bill 3129, passed the senate by a…