Here is some hopefully helpful information on coronavirus.
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A scoring system appears to work well for predicting likely death from head and neck cancer, aiding care choices.
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States are continuing to take steps that are completely unjustified by any rational weighing of benefits and harms.
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The Office of the Actuary at CMS publishes its latest assessment of health spending in the years ahead.
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We all need to step up and insist that appropriate action be taken to protect Americans from the ruination of our economy.
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A National Bureau of Economic Research paper confirms earlier research on the effect of drug rebates on net prices to drug makers.
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Medicare patients with mental illness incur higher medical spending.
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The destruction of the economy has real consequences for people's lives, and those consequences are far worse than anything coronavirus could do.
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A Healthsparq survey indicates how financial incentives can move consumer behavior.
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Today we cover the rest of the MedPAC Annual Report.
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The Healthy Skeptic is a website about the health care system, and is written by Kevin Roche, who has many years of experience working in the health industry. Mr. Roche is available to assist health care companies through consulting arrangements through Roche Consulting, LLC and may be reached at khroche@healthy-skeptic.com.