In the U.S., 66.5% of bankruptcies are due to medical bills, which amounts to 530,000 medical bankruptcies each year.1 Among those who file bankruptcy due to medical expenses, 72% have health insurance,2,3 highlighting the outrageous state of health care in America. If you end up in the hospital, you know you’re going to receive a… Read More »
Severely overweight people without another primary disability cost the National Disability Insurance Scheme millions more this past financial year. Severely overweight people who do not have any other primary disability cost the National Disability Insurance Scheme more than $ 4.5m over the 2020-21 financial year. In an answer to a parliamentary question on notice about… Read More »
One of the leading causes of rising prescription drug prices in recent years is the increase in so-called “specialty drugs,” something that is caused, at least in part, by the benefit design of the Medicare Part D program. Democrats are hoping to tackle this problem by letting the federal government negotiate with drug manufacturers. While… Read More »