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Financial Fitness for Medicare Advantage
“If we could give every individual the right amount of nourishment and exercise, not too little and not too much, we would have found the safest way to health.” – Hippocrates Health insurers face a strong incentive to attract and retain Continue Reading …
Sugar…do-do-do-do-do-do
Sugar, rum, and tobacco are commodities which are nowhere necessaries of life, [but] which are objects of almost universal consumption, and which are therefore extremely proper subjects of taxation. Adam Smith, The Wealth of Nations The rationale for taxation of sugar-sweetened beverages has been discussed Continue Reading …
HPV Vaccine: A License to Thrill?
While some debate the political wisdom of mandating HPV vaccination of young girls, the science is clear. The vaccines are safe, reduce the burden of a disease that infects 6 million women annually, and do not promote promiscuity. Human papilloma Continue Reading …
Healthy Bones
Did changes in reimbursement for bone density tests affect the likelihood that women on Medicare received appropriate screening? If so, the question must be raised: when screening is recommended, how much to pay? After the extensive media hype surrounding the Continue Reading …
[Anecdotes] The Chronic 2012
Maybe Dr. Dre had it right when he, Snoop Dogg, and Nate Dogg rapped: “Smoke weed every day.” I wouldn’t necessarily extrapolate the recent study in JAMA as advocating smoking marijuana on a daily basis. However, there is a lot Continue Reading …