Medicare will sharply cut the amount it spends on expensive "skin substitute" bandages, a dubious and expensive treatment that cost the program more than anesthesia or ambulance rides in 2024. According to the New York Times, the bandages contain dried placenta and are marketed for use on non-healing wounds. The bandages can cost as much as $21,000 per square inch.
Rick Good spent ten years in the newspaper business, including with The News & Observer (Raleigh, NC) and The Greenville News (Greenville, SC). He co-wrote, with Melinda Coleman, Rutledge to Riley: Governors of South Carolina, 1776–Present (Published by The Greenville News), and is the author of Mind Games Trivia #1 (Amazon). He has recently spent 15 years creating original trivia content through Sounds Good Mobile Entertainment and continues that with his new company, SGME Software. He edits The Smart Reader’s money, real estate, and business coverage.
