Medicare Advantage lowers the use of post-acute care while improving outcomes.

The October issue of Health Affairs looked at Medicare Advantage, private equity ownership of providers and vaccine efficacy, among other topics.

Trump's efforts at bringing an end to conflicts around the world and at ridding the US of foreign-supplied fentanyl and other illegal drugs are highly laudable.

The Federal Reserve doesn't control interest rates that matter any more.

Extinction rates have slowed, not increased, in recent years.

A generally mediocre week of US debt auctions.

Another study debunks the allegedly critical role of CO2 in climate and temperature.

Private equity and venture capital are the engine of America's economic growth and are moving along at a moderate pace.

Wind farms are extremely environmentally damaging.

An interesting TIPS auction occurred last week, with a much lower "real" interest rate than similar auctions this year.

Some researchers are determined to keep the CV-19 vax flowing.

An initial post on the annual KFF health benefits survey, with a quick note on the plight of working families.

While electricity prices nationally have been stable adjusted for inflation, renewable-heavy states have high prices and price growth.

Cancer incidence rates are rising for some cancers in young adults, but the same cancers are seeing an increase in incidence among older adults.

Prior authorization may not be the best way to do it, but we need some oversight of the care doctors deliver.