The ACA Expanded Insurance Coverage of Contraceptives. Prices Soared.
Michael F. CannonIn today ’sLos Angeles Times, Cato senior fellow Dr.Jeffrey A. Singer and I note that once the Affordable Care Act ’s contraceptives‐coverage mandate took full effect in 2014, “prices for hormones and oral contraceptives stopped falling and instead skyrocketed. By 2019, they had risen three times as fast as prices for prescription drugs overall.” Here we provide the underlying data.The Affordable Care Act (ACA) dramatically expanded insurance coverage for prescription contraceptives such as “the pill.” From August 2012 through January 2014, the federal government phased in the ACA’s...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - January 27, 2020 Category: American Health Authors: Michael F. Cannon Source Type: blogs
Podcast: BoJack Horseman and Celebrity Mental Health Advocacy
Rich celebrity on TV: “Have you ever been sad? You might have depression.” If scenarios like this make you want to throw a rock at a window, you aren’t alone. In today’s episode, Gabe expresses his distaste for celebrities posing as the “face” of mental illness. He feels further validated after watching a satirical episode of BoJack Horseman, in which Mr. Peanutbutter, a cheerful canine celebrity, becomes the new face of depression — first as a “sad dog” meme and then as a depression spokesperson.
What do you think? Tune in to hear Jackie and Gabe get into a thoughtful discussion on whether...
Source: World of Psychology - January 27, 2020 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Not Crazy Podcast Tags: Celebrities Depression Disorders General Mental Health and Wellness Not Crazy Podcast Source Type: blogs
January is Financial Wellness Month: Here Are 3 Tips To Start The Year Off Financially Strong
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2020 is not only
the start of a new year—it also marks a new decade full of opportunities for
growth, improvement and forward momentum. One specific area in which many
people could stand to improve is financial management. January is Financial
Wellness Month, making it an ideal time to work toward this goal.
Almost 60% of
Americans consider debt to be a major ...
Source: PickTheBrain | Motivation and Self Improvement - January 25, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Erin Falconer Tags: featured money and finance productivity tips self education self-improvement success Uncategorized financial wellness savings self improvement Source Type: blogs
Companies Emerge Offering Remote Text-Based Primary Care Consultations
In a recent note, I explored the difference betweenvirtual care andtelemedicine (see:Understanding the Distinction between Virtual Care and Telemedicine). Here is the explanation copied from the note:Simply put, the term virtual care is a way of talking about all the ways patients and doctors can use digital tools to communicate....While telemedicine refers to long-distance [direct and visual] patient care, virtual care is a much broader term that refers to a variety of digital healthcare services.This made a lot of sense to me when I wrote the note but long-distance care is growing more complex. A recent article described...
Source: Lab Soft News - January 23, 2020 Category: Laboratory Medicine Authors: Bruce Friedman Tags: Cost of Healthcare Healthcare Information Technology Healthcare Innovations Medical Consumerism Public Health Telemedicine Source Type: blogs
Warren Mosler and the Great American Banking Myth
ConclusionAlthough I've taken issue with various MMT claims in the past (see, e.g.here andhere), I've grown to respect several Modern Monetary Theorists. Far from being ill-informed, people likeEric Tymoigne andNathan Tankus (the list is by no means exhaustive –these happen to be two whose work I know best) know a lot more than many orthodox economists do about the workings of the U.S. monetary system. Knowing this, I'm not inclined to accuse Modern Monetary Theorists of being ignorant just because I disagree with many of the school's positions and argu ments.But on the subject of bank runs, at least, Warren Mosler shows...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - December 3, 2019 Category: American Health Authors: George Selgin Source Type: blogs
Guerilla Billing – Missing the Gorilla in the Midst
By ANISH KOKA, MD
No one likes getting bills. But there is something that stinks particularly spectacularly about bills for healthcare that arrive despite carrying health insurance. Patients pay frequently expensive monthly premiums with the expectation that their insurance company will be there for them when illness befalls them.
But the problem being experienced by an
increasing number of patients is going to a covered (in-network) facility for
medical care, and being seen by an out-of-network physician. This happens because
not all physicians working in hospitals serve the same master, and thus may not
all have ag...
Source: The Health Care Blog - November 26, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Christina Liu Tags: Economics Hospitals Medicare Patients Physicians Primary Care The Business of Health Care Source Type: blogs
Podcast | Psychiatric Ward: First Hand Account (Part 2 of 2)
In part two of this series, we go into more detail about Gabe’s inpatient hospital stay and focus on what he was thinking while he was hospitalized and what he learned after he was discharged. We talked about what to do if you feel like you need to be hospitalized, the steps you need to take in order to be admitted and the obstacles involved with getting the help you may need.
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About The Not Crazy Podcast Hosts
Gabe Howard is an award-winning writer and speaker who lives with bipolar disorder. He is the author of the popular book, Mental Illness is an Asshole...
Source: World of Psychology - November 25, 2019 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Not Crazy Podcast Tags: Bipolar Depression Not Crazy Podcast Trauma Treatment Source Type: blogs
Podcast: Mass Violence Facts from the National Council on Behavioral Health
We all have an idea in our heads of what a mass shooter looks like. But how accurate is it? Does anyone actually know? Who would you trust to find out? Is there any data on this?
Well, now there is. The National Council on Behavioral Health has recently completed a comprehensive report, “Mass Violence in America: Causes, Impacts, and Solutions.” Listen in as our host interviews the medical director of the National Council for an in-depth explanation of what this exhaustive document has revealed.
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Source: World of Psychology - November 21, 2019 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: The Psych Central Podcast Tags: Anger Brain and Behavior Interview Mental Health and Wellness Podcast Policy and Advocacy Psychiatry Psychology Research The Psych Central Show Violence and Aggression Source Type: blogs
What can I do differently in the ER?
In the emergency department, we see them all the time. The person with a medical problem too serious to ignore, but not quite bad enough to require admission. The patient referred to the specialist who comes back to the ER.“I couldn ’t afford the cash upfront.” The new cancer in the uninsured. The pneumonia without […]Find jobs at Careers by KevinMD.com. Search thousands of physician, PA, NP, and CRNA jobs now. Learn more. (Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog)
Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - November 2, 2019 Category: General Medicine Authors: < span itemprop="author" > < a href="https://www.kevinmd.com/blog/post-author/edwin-leap" rel="tag" > Edwin Leap, MD < /a > < /span > Tags: Physician Emergency Medicine Source Type: blogs
$2 Trillion+ in New Taxes for Single Payer, or $50 Billion to Strengthen ObamaCare? Next Question, Please
By BOB HERTZ
It is not wise for Democrats to spend all their energy
debating Single Payer health care solutions.
None of their single player
plans has much chance to pass in 2020, especially under the limited
reconciliation process. In the words of Ezra Klein, “If Democrats don’t have a
plan for the filibuster, they don’t really have a plan for ambitious health
care reform.”
Yet while we debate Single Payer – or, even if it somehow
passed, wait for it to be installed — millions of persons are still hurting
under our current system.
We can help these people now!
Here are six practical ...
Source: The Health Care Blog - October 23, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Christina Liu Tags: Health Policy Medicare Obamacare Politics Affordable Care Act American healthcare Bob Hertz Medicare For All Single payer US Health Care System Source Type: blogs
What charity care patients get big hospital bills
When Ashley Pintos went to the emergency room of St. Joseph Medical Center in Tacoma, Wash., in 2016, with a sharp pain in her abdomen and no insurance, a representative demanded a $500 deposit before treating her. “She said, ‘Do you have $200?’ I said no,” recalled Pintos, who then earned less than $30,000 at […]Find jobs at Careers by KevinMD.com. Search thousands of physician, PA, NP, and CRNA jobs now. Learn more. (Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog)
Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - October 17, 2019 Category: General Medicine Authors: < span itemprop="author" > < a href="https://www.kevinmd.com/blog/post-author/jordan-rau" rel="tag" > Jordan Rau < /a > < /span > Tags: Policy Hospital-Based Medicine Source Type: blogs
In 2020, People With Diabetes May Wish to Thank the IRS
Amidst news of several Congressional hearings on the topic earlier in 2019, and continued protests by patient advocates outside of insulin manufacturers ' headquarters, as well as persistent patient and caregiver complaints about runaway U.S. insulin prices in the U.S. media, a less-acknowledged change occurred which could impact what many patients with diabetes pay next year for insulin and testing supplies.It ' s not often that Americans would actually wish to THANK the Treasury Department and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), but in 2020, perhaps many Americans with diabetes might wish to do that!On July 17, 2019, the...
Source: Scott's Web Log - September 17, 2019 Category: Endocrinology Tags: 2019 2020 drug prices insulin insulin prices IRS Source Type: blogs
In 2020, People With Diabetes May Wish to Thank the IRS
Amidst news of several Congressional hearings on the topic earlier in 2019, and continued protests by patient advocates outside of insulin manufacturers ' headquarters, as well as persistent patient and caregiver complaints about runaway U.S. insulin prices in the U.S. media, a less-acknowledged change occurred which could impact what many patients with diabetes pay next year for insulin and testing supplies.It ' s not often that Americans would actually wish to THANK the Treasury Department and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), but in 2020, perhaps many Americans with diabetes might wish to do that!On July 17, 2019, the...
Source: Scott's Web Log - September 17, 2019 Category: Endocrinology Tags: 2019 2020 drug prices insulin insulin prices IRS Source Type: blogs
The Efficiency Mandate: To Achieve Coverage, the U.S. Must Address Cost
By MIKE MAGEE, MD
It is now well established that Americans, in large majorities, favor universal health coverage. As witnessed in the first two Democratic debates, how we get there (Single Payer vs. extension of Obamacare) is another matter altogether.
295 million Americans have some form of health coverage (though increasing numbers are under-insured and vulnerable to the crushing effects of medical debt). That leaves 28 million uninsured, an issue easily resolved, according to former Obama staffer, Ezekiel Emanuel MD, through auto-enrollment, that is changing some existing policies to “enable the government...
Source: The Health Care Blog - August 28, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Christina Liu Tags: Health Policy Medicare health reform Medical Industrial Complex Mike Magee universal healthcare Source Type: blogs
Uncovered: In America, Insurance Doesn ’t Guarantee Access and Coverage Doesn’t Mean You’re Covered
Something like one in seven people living in the US have no healthcare insurance. In fact, the number of uninsured people has grown by 7 million since Trump has become president. (Make America Uninsured Again?) These numbers are atrocious. Embarrassing. Shameful, actually, … Continue reading →
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Source: blog.bioethics.net - August 13, 2019 Category: Medical Ethics Authors: PeterUbel.com Tags: Health Care Health & Well-being health policy Peter Ubel syndicated Source Type: blogs
