A recent WSJ article describes how premium subsidies may not be available to the federally run exchanges. It will ultimately depend on how bold the IRS wants to be interpreting the law. However, HCR only made subsidies available to state run exchanges not federal. There is the glitch.
My wife religiously reviews the expiration dates of all medications in our cabinets before giving these to any member in our family. One day over the stamped date and out it goes.
Some studies have shown that the drugs in our medicine cabinets are much more stable than their printed expiration dates. I remember one study that discovered a stash of presriptions drugs in an old WWII fallout shelter. Those drugs were tested and were as stable as the day they left the factory 50 years prior.
Dov Michaeli MD PhD a basic researcher and writing at the Doctor Weighs In, contributes to to the topic of expiration dates in his article Some Thoughts on Expiration Dates.
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I have known hundreds of people that have been advised to have a procedure called Angioplasty by their cardiologist. To the best of my memory, almost all had a triple by-pass within the year.
With angioplasty, a small balloon is pushed through a small incision in the groin and up to a narrowed coronary artery. It is then inflated to removethe plaque deposit that’s restricting blood flow and causing angina. Then, a stent is inserted to prevent renewed narrowing.
Turns out that nearly half of all angioplasty were unnecessary in the provided study.
Health Affairs report on the U.S. health care spending since 1965.
Looks like we have reach 18% mark. But when did all this growth start? Charles Roehrig studies and reports on health care spending in the U.S. since the beginning of Medicare. Lot’s of good data for you analytical types.
