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Tyler Cowen on the price of Ozempic.Problems with the OMB’s social welfare function. Link between alcohol and cancer. Disparities in the rural-urban life expectancy.Why will Part D plans “…move drugs that are selected for [MFP] negotiation into a higher cost-sharing tier”?

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Matthew tries Reperio’s at home health screening

We are entering an age of at home testing and the team at Reperio just raised $14m to make weight, blood pressure and cholesterol/blood sugar testing available at home. But this is a relatively complex series of tests, intended to get people who haven’t been to a primary care doctor back into the system. How…

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A Backlash Against Health Insurers, Redux

In this JAMA Health Forum post, Executive Vice President Larry Levitt recalls the mid-1990s’ public backlash against Health Maintenance Organizations (commonly known as HMOs) – all of which preceded the recent outpouring of health insurance concerns – as well as how consumer protections against coverage restrictions have evolved and fallen short.

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Phil Fasano, Recuro Health

Phil Fasano is CEO of Recuro Health. Phil was CIO at Kaiser Permanente in the glory years when it rolled out Epic/Health Connect, which was at the time the biggest roll out of an EMR and was instrumental in creating Kaiser’s system of virtual care. A decade+ later the concept of telehealth and virtual care…

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