Guest Post by Oren Cass: What Steven Brill Gets Wrong on US Health Care Costs

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Overall, markups he flagged on basic supplies ranged from 6x to 700x, markups on drugs and devices ranged from 2.5-5x, and markups over Medicare were typically 10-20x. Profit Margins. So what are the … Indeed, it was “a group of glass skyscrapers” at …
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Texas Medical Board disciplines 53 physicians

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The board found Dr. Fraser, in the case of six patients, failed to maintain adequate medical records regarding the treatment of chronic pain, failed to meet the standard of care and non-therapeutically prescribed drugs. …. requiring Dr. Morrison to …
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Pharmacy Chains Push Into Health Care

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CVS Caremark has enrolled 16 million people in an advisory program, where pharmacists give two-minute conversations on how to take drugs treating conditions like depression, breast cancer and asthma. The pharmacy chain also announced in December that …
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