Happy New Year, to start off! Best wishes for 2023. This January, a host of pharmaceutical companies based in the US – including Pfizer and AstraZeneca – plan to raise the prices on more than 350 different drugs. Pharmaceutical companies have a history of hiking their prices at the beginning of the year, and this …
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Last week, an article published in The Atlantic titled “Let’s Declare a Pandemic Amnesty” argues for forgiving one another for what we said or did when we supposedly were ignorant of all covid science. The article was written by Emily Oster, a professor of Economics at Brown University. I entirely disagree with the article. Those …
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Americans pay the highest prices for medical care and prescription drugs of anyone in the world. In fact, drug prices in the US average 2.5 times those in other developed countries, with brand-name drugs costing an average of 3.4 times higher; doctors often prescribe brand-name medicines even when cheap generics are available. Unsurprisingly, the exorbitant …
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The facts are so striking that they can never be repeated often enough. Among developed countries, the United States is unique in that it does not provide universal healthcare for its citizens. As a result, 500,000 Americans file for bankruptcy from medical costs each year, and 45,000 die from lack of basic medical care. Even …
Seven years ago, a study conducted by professors from Princeton and Northwestern University showed that the US is an oligarchy. The authors looked at 1,779 policies enacted between 1981 and 2002, and found that the bottom 90% of the country had no impact on policy. The preferences of anyone outside the top 10% in the …
Strong words in the title, indeed. Earlier this month, the American Medical Association (AMA) released a report entitled: “Advancing Health Equity: A Guide to Narrative, Language, and Concepts.” Much of this report focused on the language that doctors should and should not use when conversing with their patients. This report is far more a guide …
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