The Health Insurance Disaster – beyond the end of ACA tax credits
There has been much talk about the 4.8 million people (1.4 million in Florida and 750,000 in New York state) who will lose their Obamacare […]
Healthcare
Price Gouging and Research Costs in the Pharmaceutical Industry ERALD KOLASI
https://technodynamics.substack.com/p/price-gouging-and-research-costs Excellent piece. See this iconic examination: Lazonick, William, Matt Hopkins, Matthew Frye Jacobson, Mustafa Sakinc, and Oner Tulum. “US Pharma’s Financialized Business Model.” Institute […]
Industrial Food and Econ 101 – the case of externalities
Externalities – the language of Econ 101 What are externalities? Defined in two widely used textbooks: “An externality occurs when some of the costs or […]
Insecurities for the Bottom 90% of the US Population – part 1
We have written at some length about the flatlining of income growth for the bottom 90% of the population since 1980 and the transfer […]
What to do about the past 50 years of American life – policy suggestions
A reader of my recent post, “Bernie Sanders got much right about our current situation….” commented: “Thank you Mark for validating what we know to […]
Massachusetts New Law to Regulate Private Equity in Healthcare
Background Cerberus Capital, a private equity firm, began buying several hospitals in Massachusetts in 2010. In 2015, Cerberus sold most of its hospitals’ property to […]
Hard Data about Ultraprocessed Foods and Health – Sugar in the spotlight
Over several decades, there has been increasing discussion of the role of ultra-processed foods in our health. Globally, surging levels of diabetes, hypertension, obesity, and […]
Medicare Advantage – the multi-billion dollar ripoff
The present Medicare Advantage (MA) offerings by private insurance began in 1999 as an alternative to traditional Medicare health insurance for seniors. Today, over half […]
A thought for the day while looking around in TikTok
The other day I was poking around in TikTok to see what it is all about. Came across a quote from Karl Marx that struck […]
My Year End Siege of Angers – the list
Yesterday as I was taking a walk up and down Warren St. here in Hudson I realized that I had become actively angry about the […]