Regarding Covid-19 tests: “A number of firms have developed cheap, paper-strip tests for coronavirus that report results at-home in about 15 minutes but they have yet to be approved for use by the FDA because the FDA appears to be […]
“A global pandemic ravaging America is no time to forget the first rule of American health care: There is no set price. One out-of-network medical provider in Texas seeks permission from patients to charge fees as high as six-figures to […]
So far there are only two medicines shown to work effectively: “In clinical trials, Gilead’s remdesivir reduced the time it took patients to recover; dexamethasone, a steroid, prolonged survival in the sickest patients in a study conducted in the U.K.” | learn […]
The blog Marginal Revolution first introduced me to the idea of pooled testing a few months ago. They’re back on the topic with even more interesting detail. “The primary benefit of pooled testing is obvious. If 1% are infected and […]
“He was going to live forever, or die in the attempt.” – Joseph Heller, Catch 22 What if we treated aging as a disease? Already you can imagine the controversy. It would feel wrong to call granny sick just because […]
It’s probably good for all of us that large consumer-first companies continue their push into retail healthcare. Between Amazon, Walmart and Walgreens, that’s a lot of pressure on the status quo. | learn more
My first instinct was to laugh, but I don’t think that’s fair. “If the mind can cause skin issues, can it heal them, too?” | learn more
Sutter Health, a California health system with 43% net profit margins over the past decade and $13 Billion in revenue last year, “was accused of using its market dominance in Northern California to illegally drive up prices.” They had agreed […]
If Amazon’s push into healthcare isn’t enough to shake things up, here comes Walmart, “which recently opened its second “Health Center” in Georgia and announced prices for general healthcare services 30% to 50% below what medical providers typically charge.” The […]
The program features both telehealth and in-home care services that include clinical laboratory testing. It’s for employees only at this point. Remember that Amazon Go’s cashier-free stores began this way too. Relentless.com is coming for healthcare. | learn more