2:00PM Water Cooler 12/8/2021 | naked capitalism
[ad_1] By Lambert Strether of Corrente. Bird Song of the Day Another one of Darwin’s finches, recorded in 1981 (what a great archive). This is the one recording for this bird, so I feel I have to run it! * * *#COVID19 A lot of action in the charts today. On the word “mild.” To […]
Medicaid expansion has not improved key hospital operations
[ad_1] Extension of Medicaid Compared with hospitals in non-expanding states, it has not made critical access hospitals financially more stable or better in terms of patient care. A new study in the December issue of Health Affairs found that the quality scores or overall staffing levels of these hospitals did not improve compared to key […]
Biden’s Faltering Speech on His Covid “Winter Plan”
[ad_1] By Lambert Strether of Corrente Patient readers, sorry for the formatting issues. I actually had my chair collapse under me, and aside from the shock, I needed to do some re-arranging of desk, cables, etc. I hope all is well now. –lambert President Biden gave a speech on December 2 at the National Institutes […]
Fauci says that early reports on omicron variants are encouraging
[ad_1] US health officials said on Sunday that although the omicron variant of the coronavirus is spreading rapidly across the country, early signs indicate that it may be less dangerous than delta, which continues to drive a surge in hospital admissions. President Joe Biden’s chief medical adviser, Dr. Anthony Fauci, told CNN’s “State of the […]
More omicrons are detected as the pressure of the hospital under the surge of delta
[ad_1] New York announced three other omicron coronavirus variants on Saturday, bringing the number of state cases related to the new variant to eight. State Health Commissioner Mary Bassett said in a press release: “The omicron variant is here, and as expected, we have seen the beginning of community transmission.” The number of states where […]
Link 12/4/2021 | Naked Capitalism
[ad_1] NASA says a “potentially dangerous” asteroid worth nearly $5 billion will enter Earth’s orbit next week Living science Elliott buys more than $200 million in Twitter stock on dips Bloomberg The influential Koch network is shaken by alleged extramarital affairs scandal, donor resignation and discrimination lawsuits CNN Covid-19 makes Americans super savers. Now they […]
Suppliers are in trouble after COVID-19 vaccine authorization is suspended
[ad_1] After a federal judge in Louisiana, hospitals and health systems are at a standstill Temporarily blocked The authorization of the COVID-19 vaccine for healthcare workers has brought relief and uncertainty to some providers. this AuthorizationAccording to Tuesday’s ruling, the preliminary injunction can still be restored.The federal government has appealed the decision, even if the […]
2:00PM Water Cooler 12/1/2021 | naked capitalism
[ad_1] By Lambert Strether of Corrente. Bird Song of the Day Another one of Darwin’s finches. * * * #COVID19 Because what we laughingly call our government does not deem a pandemic sufficient cause to collect or process data over a long holiday weekend, all these charts are really screwed up, and some haven’t been […]
As Biden continued the Trump-era strategy to privatize health insurance, Congress “fell asleep during the transition.”
[ad_1] Yves are here. We have from time to time released news about how the UK privatized the NHS by reducing service levels and response time, and telling patients to see a private doctor if they want better conditions. As described in this article, Medicare is privatizing the plan through direct contracting, throwing the plan […]
Federal judge prevents healthcare workers from being vaccinated nationwide
[ad_1] When a federal judge stopped law enforcement on Tuesday, President Joe Biden encountered obstacles in trying to increase the COVID-19 vaccination rate among healthcare workers. The Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services issued a temporary final rule this month that effectively makes COVID-19 vaccination a condition for participation in Medicare and Medicaid, which means […]
Vaccine politics is not conducive to the advantages of the Biden administration
[ad_1] After repeatedly claiming that the Biden government will “follow the science” on Covid, it now seems to no longer rely on the least effortless methods and better publicity, which is to put all bets on vaccines. These titles illustrate the problem. The first one is the headline of the Wall Street Journal; the second […]
Biden vaccine rules for health workers blocked in 10 states
[ad_1] On Monday, a federal judge prevented the administration of President Joe Biden from enforcing the authorization of the coronavirus vaccine for thousands of healthcare workers in 10 states. These states presented the first legal challenge to this requirement. The court order stated that the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid were not expressly authorized by […]