Dawn Bell

Republican plans to cap student borrowing could shatter an everyday profession One GOP senator said anyone paying more than $100K to go to med school is "making a huge mistake." But the median cost of attending one is more than double that for the class of 2025.

There are 100k students in med school each year. Room and board is about 100k per year. For 10b a year, med school could be free. We would see a wholesale change in the profession, career paths and the cost of care.

It would change the economics for every financial decision doctors

A snowy Christmas Eve morning portends a white Xmas tomorrow. Family from NC super excited.

Lawmakers call for curbs on UnitedHealth’s growing empire U.S. senators and other lawmakers argue the problems created by UnitedHealth's size and reach demand steps to restore public confidence in the health care system

“It’s fucking outrageous,” Rep. Pat Ryan (D-N.Y.)
www.statnews.com/2024/12/23/u... via @statnews.com

Fierce competitiveness is certainly a feature of a successful CEO. And perhaps a bug in this case.

Same

I think that is the answer.

Traveler, but travesty works too

41 out of 50. The life of a business travesty I guess.

Inflation is hitting us all I suppose.

Closing the gender health gap is a $1 trillion opportunity For centuries, women’s health has been neglected across science, medicine and technology. A new report from the World Economic Forum suggests tackling this could unlock a $1 trillion economic boost wi...

Women's health is a $1T opportunity. Investment is growing, but still seems a mismatch to me. What is holding the industry back? www.nature.com/articles/d43...

Oncology startup launches with $52 million, reflecting a new ‘austerity-driven’ financing reality Tasca Therapeutics, an oncology startup, has launched with $52 million in funding, reflecting a new "austerity-driven" financing reality.

I think this headline pretty much sums up the biotech bubble. Fact check $52M and austerity don't seem to match IMO @statnews.bsky.social www.statnews.com/2024/12/10/t...

Who Took The Merry Out Of Christmas - Single Version The Staple Singers · The Very Best Of The Staple Singers · Song · 2007

More for your Xmas playlist. This one from The Staple Singers. Remember Mary, she started it all! open.spotify.com/track/41U86a...

All I Really Want For Christmas (feat. Kool-Aid Man)

You really need some Lil’ Jon on your Xmas playlist. This is a banger! open.spotify.com/track/5Tz3kC...

This is going to save hospitals a lot of money !

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Dr. Scott Gottlieb on RFK: He will cost lives in this country if he follows through on intentions Dr. Scott Gottlieb, former FDA commissioner and CNBC contributor, joins 'Squawk Box' to discuss the incoming administration's picks for health cabinet positions, where Gottlieb's worries are, and much...

From my segment today on @cnbc.com. We face a grim and avoidable resurgence of once vanquished childhood infectious diseases if we follow down the current path being taken in Washington.

"He (RFK) didn't get inside the castle to forego his beliefs." @scottgottliebmd.bsky.social on RFK's nomination to lead HHS and the potential impact on the childhood vaccination schedule.

The pharma patent cliff in numbers

#BioSky

Inspiration from fs.blog and Rodin’s admonition to Rilke. It’s all about the work. No shortcuts.

‘We dodged a bullet’: Biotech and pharma react to selection of Marty Makary for FDA commissioner “We dodged a bullet”: Biotech and pharma react to selection of Marty Makary for FDA commissioner.

‘We dodged a bullet’: Biotech and pharma react to selection of Marty Makary for FDA commissioner
Many appear cautiously optimistic about Trump’s intended pick

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The Health and Employment Effects of Employer Vaccination Mandates Founded in 1920, the NBER is a private, non-profit, non-partisan organization dedicated to conducting economic research and to disseminating research findings among academics, public policy makers, an...

A new paper examines the effects of mandating staff vaccinations at nursing home facilities, and the results are clear: small effects on staff turnover (and downstream patient care) but *large* effects on disease transmission and mortality.

Vaccinations work.

www.nber.org/papers/w33072

My baby girl feeling puny today. Send her some love.

Legend!