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The One-Minute Meeting

Today is a big day for the House committee that is investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection at the U.S. Capitol. It is the last hearing before the committee issues its final report and possible criminal referrals on Wednesday. I will explain what a criminal referral is and what weight it holds in the criminal process. (Hint: not much. It is a strongly worded recommendation coupled with a thousand pages of evidence that the Justice Department may or may not follow.)

Car repossessions are increasing, and it's no wonder given the prices that people are paying for new cars these days. One in six new car buyers today are paying a thousand dollars a month in car payments. And people who bought new cars last year are finding they paid a premium price and now owe more than the car is worth.

Reporters are asking why some drug prices have risen 15% to 20% in the last two years despite no significant reason such as an issue in manufacturing or a big increase in production costs. I will point you to some of the drugs that have gotten expensive quickly and show you what journalists are learning about why it is happening.

According to a new study from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, about one out of every 18 patients who go to an emergency room gets the wrong diagnosis. There are lots of reasons why. Sometimes people show up with so many health concerns that it is hard to extract one problem from another. Sometimes the patient’s symptoms are vague and ERs could be right more often if they did more testing, but who is going to pay for that?

Life expectancy in the U.S. is not keeping up with countries with comparable health care systems. In 1980, we were about on track with most other countries, but we aren’t now. The pandemic may have skewed the figures some.
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