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Goodbye-ish
I’m writing today to let you know that Sick Note is ending for the foreseeable future.
As you might know if you’ve read for a while, my mental health has not been the same since my mum died last year. Please don’t worry about me—I am fine...
The COBRA subsidies were a mess
hehe :)
Remember the COBRA subsidies? You probably don’t, because they were around for less time than Quibi and no one even talked about it when they disappeared, unlike Quibi.
Between April and September 2021, premiums for COBRA plans—...
Hopeless in America
Remember Medicare for All?
I don’t write much about single-payer or Medicare for All anymore, at least not directly; this whole newsletter is sort of about why we need those things, but I’m rarely writing about the actual policy, even when...
I am the Healthcare Sucker
The nine billionth example of American healthcare inefficiency, plus this week's healthcare news.
A quick anecdote to start this week’s roundup: I went to a primary care doctor this week for the first time in a while. I needed a referral t...
Have you used "buy now, pay later" for healthcare?
Photo: Getty
SFGate published a story a couple weeks ago on Gen Z’s use of so-called ‘buy now, pay later’ (BNPL) companies, like Klarna or Afterpay. It can get a bit local TV news-style scaremongery anytime someone writes about The Youths...
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