In an Ideal World, How Much Would We Spend on Health Care? – Part 1
BY BEN WHEATLEY
We have heard it said before, and it is no longer shocking to say, that in 2021 the United States spent $4.3 trillion on health care. To put this gaudy number in some perspective, we measure it as a share of our economy and report that health care comprised 18.3% of our gross domestic product. CMS projects that health care will approach 20% of GDP in coming years—one-fifth of everything we buy and sell in this country.
In a recent report, the Health Affairs Council on Health Care Spending and Value said that “it is unclear what percentage of GDP would represent the ideal level to devote to healt...
Source: The Health Care Blog - May 11, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Ryan Bose-Roy Tags: Health Policy Ben Wheatley Health care spending medical debt Patent Source Type: blogs
In an Ideal World, How Much Would We Spend on Health Care?
BY BEN WHEATLEY
We have heard it said before, and it is no longer shocking to say, that in 2021 the United States spent $4.3 trillion on health care. To put this gaudy number in some perspective, we measure it as a share of our economy and report that health care comprised 18.3% of our gross domestic product. CMS projects that health care will approach 20% of GDP in coming years—one-fifth of everything we buy and sell in this country.
In a recent report, the Health Affairs Council on Health Care Spending and Value said that “it is unclear what percentage of GDP would represent the ideal level to devote to h...
Source: The Health Care Blog - May 11, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Ryan Bose-Roy Tags: Health Policy Ben Wheatley Health care spending medical debt Patent Source Type: blogs
Mobile Printer Produces Microneedle Vaccines
Researchers at MIT have developed a printer that can create large numbers of microneedle patch-style vaccines in places where they are needed quickly. Moreover, the printed patches can deliver thermostable mRNA vaccines, whereby the mRNA therapeutic is encapsulated in lipid nanoparticles before printing to enhance its shelf-life at room temperature and avoid the need for cold storage and transport. The current prototype can produce 100 such patches over the space of two days, but the researchers believe that they can scale up the technology to produce hundreds of vaccines a day. The technology could be very useful in addre...
Source: Medgadget - May 3, 2023 Category: Medical Devices Authors: Conn Hastings Tags: Medicine Public Health microneedle mit Source Type: blogs
Surviving monkeypox: a story of compassionate care and an emerging disease outbreak
Mr. Sanchez had been feeling unwell for days before he decided to visit the emergency room. When I walked into his room, I immediately noticed that he was scared and anxious. His sore throat had been persistent for five days and was now so severe that he couldn’t eat or drink anything. He had also
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Surviving monkeypox: a story of compassionate care and an emerging disease outbreak originally appeared in KevinMD.com. (Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog)
Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - May 1, 2023 Category: General Medicine Authors: Ton La, Jr., MD, JD Tags: Conditions Infectious Disease Source Type: blogs
" The Second Request " Podcast Episode Request: Spotting Anticompetitive Conduct in Pharma Supply Chain, with 46brooklyn
The Capitol Forum is what I suppose can be called a Washington, DC-based, center-left leaning investigative news organization. In 2017, the website " Talking Biz News " (which is apparently about the news business)https://talkingbiznews.com/media-moves/whats-behind-capitol-forum-and-its-growth-plans/ operated by Chris Roush, who ' s dean of the School of Communications at Quinnipiac University (a university which happens to be a few miles away from where I grew up, so it seemed legitimate to me) described The Capitol Forum this way: " Digging deep into the connection between business and government regulation. "Anyway, The...
Source: Scott's Web Log - April 12, 2023 Category: Endocrinology Tags: 2023 46Brooklyn Research Antonio Ciaccia drug prices laissez-faire antitrust enforcement Monopoly Problems The Capitol Forum The Second Request podcast Source Type: blogs
" The Second Request " Podcast Episode Recommendation: Spotting Anticompetitive Conduct in Pharma Supply Chain, with 46brooklyn
The Capitol Forum is what I suppose can be called a Washington, DC-based, center-left leaning investigative news organization. In 2017, the website " Talking Biz News " (which is apparently about the news business)https://talkingbiznews.com/media-moves/whats-behind-capitol-forum-and-its-growth-plans/ operated by Chris Roush, who ' s dean of the School of Communications at Quinnipiac University (a university which happens to be a few miles away from where I grew up, so it seemed legitimate to me) described The Capitol Forum this way: " Digging deep into the connection between business and government regulation. "Anyway, The...
Source: Scott's Web Log - April 12, 2023 Category: Endocrinology Tags: 2023 46Brooklyn Research Antonio Ciaccia drug prices laissez-faire antitrust enforcement Monopoly Problems The Capitol Forum The Second Request podcast Source Type: blogs
Fight Aging! Newsletter, April 10th 2023
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Source: Fight Aging! - April 9, 2023 Category: Research Authors: Reason Tags: Newsletters Source Type: blogs
Lessons Still Not Learned from the Infant Formula Crisis
Gabriella Beaumont-SmithOn March 28, the House Oversight Committee heldpart one of hearings on the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and its handling of the infant formula crisis. Former FDA Deputy Commissioner Frank Yiannas testified that the crisis could have been averted, or at the very least, the magnitude lessened. At Cato, we completelyagree.Unfortunately, Yiannas ’ proposed solution was more of what got us into this mess in the first place: overregulation of the formula industry and overbearing FDA authority. Other policymakers argue for much the same.Yet the infant formula industry ’s weakness is not owed to a...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - April 6, 2023 Category: American Health Authors: Gabriella Beaumont-Smith Source Type: blogs
Triggering the STING Pathway Suppresses Cancer Metastasis
Most cancers would become manageable if metastasis could be eliminated. A robust way to fully suppress metastasis across all forms of cancer would not be a cure in and of itself, but it would greatly reduce mortality and allow cancers to be managed or eliminated more readily, and with less trauma for the patient. On the way to a hypothetical end to metastasis, researchers are making inroads towards approaches that may at least reduce metastasis to some degree. These approaches often, as here, involve ways to enlist the immune system to more aggressively target and destroy metastatic cells before they can build a new tumor....
Source: Fight Aging! - April 5, 2023 Category: Research Authors: Reason Tags: Daily News Source Type: blogs
COVID-19 is still a global health issue but we can responsibly live with it
The World Health Organization (WHO) first declared the COVID-19 outbreak a public health emergency of international concern (PHEIC) on January 30, 2020, when, outside of China, there were fewer than 100 cases, and there were no deaths. This formal declaration by the WHO has been renewed 12 times, most recently last month the International Health
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COVID-19 is still a global health issue but we can responsibly live with it originally appeared in KevinMD.com. (Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog)
Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - March 11, 2023 Category: General Medicine Authors: Melvin Sanicas, MD Tags: Conditions Infectious Disease Source Type: blogs
H5N1 – It ’ s All About the Transmission
by Gertrud U. Rey Recent news headlines have been highlighting the global spread of H5N1, the strain of influenza virus that is typically associated with “bird flu.” This outbreak is the largest in recorded history, involving at least 50 million dead birds and countless non-human mammals, including sea lions, otters, mink, foxes, cats, dogs, and […] (Source: virology blog)
Source: virology blog - March 2, 2023 Category: Virology Authors: Gertrud U. Rey Tags: Basic virology Gertrud Rey avian influenza H5N1 bird flu human-to-human transmission lower respiratory tract pandemic sialic acid upper respiratory tract vaccine Source Type: blogs
H5N1 – It ’ s All About the Transmission
by Gertrud U. Rey Recent news headlines have been highlighting the global spread of H5N1, the strain of influenza virus that is typically associated with “bird flu.” This outbreak is the largest in recorded history, involving at least 50 million dead birds and countless non-human mammals, including sea lions, otters, mink, foxes, cats, dogs, and … H5N1 – It’s All About the Transmission Read More » (Source: virology blog)
Source: virology blog - March 2, 2023 Category: Virology Authors: Gertrud U. Rey Source Type: blogs
Pathogen Genomes as Global Public Goods (And Why They Should not Be Patented)
Jorge L. Contreras (University of Utah), Pathogen Genomes as Global Public Goods (And Why They Should not Be Patented), 55 NYU J. Int ' l L.& Policy (Forthcoming): During past viral outbreaks, researchers rushed to patent genomic sequences of the viruses... (Source: HealthLawProf Blog)
Source: HealthLawProf Blog - March 2, 2023 Category: Medical Law Authors: Katharine Van Tassel Source Type: blogs
TWiV 985: Bambi ’ s revenge
TWiV reviews an outbreak of Marburg hemorrhagic fever in Equatorial Guinea, wild poliovirus type 3 shedding from a laboratory in the Netherlands, and white-tailed deer as a reservoir for previous SARS-CoV-2 variants of concern. Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Dickson Despommier, and Rich Condit Click arrow to playDownload TWiV 985 (66 MB .mp3, 109 min)Subscribe (free): Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, RSS, email Become […] (Source: virology blog)
Source: virology blog - February 19, 2023 Category: Virology Authors: Vincent Racaniello Tags: This Week in Virology coronavirus COVID-19 hemorrhagic fever IPV marburg virus pandemic poliovirus poliovirus essential facility SARS-CoV-2 variant of concern viral viruses white-tailed deer Source Type: blogs
TWiV 985: Bambi ’ s revenge
TWiV reviews an outbreak of Marburg hemorrhagic fever in Equatorial Guinea, wild poliovirus type 3 shedding from a laboratory in the Netherlands, and white-tailed deer as a reservoir for previous SARS-CoV-2 variants of concern. Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Dickson Despommier, and Rich Condit Click arrow to playDownload TWiV 985 (66 MB .mp3, 109 min)Subscribe (free): Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, RSS, email Become … TWiV 985: Bambi’s revenge Read More » (Source: virology blog)
Source: virology blog - February 19, 2023 Category: Virology Authors: Vincent Racaniello Source Type: blogs
