Healthcare Economist Unbiased Analysis of Today’s Healthcare Issues
- Why were physicians against smallpox variolation in the Middle Ages?by Jason Shafrin on April 3, 2025 at 4:22 am
From the Conversation with Tyler podcast with Sheilagh Ogilvie: [Ogilvie]: Historically, there was another reason, which was the medical guilds — the equivalent of the American Medical Association, only much, much worse, back in early modern Europe did not like the idea of this new thing, this new technology that they had not approved and that was…
- Healthcare Economist a top health economics blogby Jason Shafrin on April 2, 2025 at 12:55 am
Healthcare Economist was once again named one of the Top 10 Health Economics Blogs and Websites in 2025 (#4) by Feedspot. Feedspot also named this blog as a top 50 Best Public Health Blogs and Websites in 2025 (#13). Exciting to keep the blogging going into the future!
- Critique of ICER’s Special Assessment to Inform CMS Drug Price Negotiation: Eliquis and Xareltoby Jason Shafrin on April 1, 2025 at 10:33 pm
That is the title of a new FTI Consulting white paper co-authored with Kyi-Sin Than. The abstract is below. In October 2023, ICER released a special assessment aimed at influencing CMS drug price negotiations for two direct-acting oral anticoagulants (DOACs) selected in the first round of Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) price negotiations in 2024: Eliquis®…
- Economic impact of sotagliflozin among patients with heart failure and type 2 diabetesby Jason Shafrin on March 31, 2025 at 3:33 pm
That is the title of a new paper with Shanshan Wang, Jaehong Kim, and Slaven Sikirica that has the subtitle “Budget impact analysis from the US payer perspective.” That abstract is below: BACKGROUND:Heart failure (HF) is a leading cause of mortality in the United States, often complicated by comorbidities like diabetes mellitus. These patients face…
- Linksby Jason Shafrin on March 28, 2025 at 11:18 pm
Measles outbreak expands to 19 states. Commercial health plan coverage of accelerated approval drugs…and a recent case study. Extending IRA drug price negotiation to commercial plans? ‘Kennedy Turns to a Discredited Vaccine Skeptic for Autism Study’ Why are LLMs so good at economics? Most expensive states to start a business.