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  <title>The Cost Curve, Flu, and Other News</title>
  <description>Howie and Harlan discuss the outlook for U.S. healthcare spending over the next five years, the state of seasonal and avian flu, and an expensive AI-based cardiac test.&amp;amp;nbsp; Show notes: Life expectancy and expenditures  “How does U.S. life expectancy compare to other countries?” ACOs and cost savings  “After Fifteen Years, is Value-Based Care Succeeding?”  Health &amp;amp;amp; Veritas Episode 115: Farzad Mostashari: Aligning Incentives to Fix Primary Care World Prematurity Day WHO: World Prematurity Day 2025  WHO: World Prematurity Day Key Messages WHO: Preterm birth AI concerns “‘It keeps me awake at night’: machine-learning pioneer on AI’s threat to humanity”  “Why neural net pioneer Geoffrey Hinton is sounding the alarm on AI” “AI pioneer: ‘The dangers of abuse are very real’” “‘Malicious use is already happening’: machine-learning pioneer on making AI safer” “Fathers of the Deep Learning Revolution Receive ACM A.M. Turing Award” “Deep learning” Bird flu  “First U.S. case of human bird flu in 9 months confirmed in Washington state” Cleveland Clinic: Bird Flu (Avian Influenza) “Flu in numbers: NHS faces one of worst winters ever, officials warn, amid concern over mutated strain” “New flu virus mutation could see 'worst season in a decade'“  “Australia posts record-breaking flu numbers as vaccination rates stall”&amp;amp;nbsp;  FDA: Influenza Vaccine Composition for the 2025-2026 U.S. Influenza Season Cardiology and AI “Coronary CT angiography evaluation with artificial intelligence for individualized medical treatment of atherosclerosis: a Consensus Statement from the QCI Study Group”  “Medicare will pay more than $1,000 for AI to analyze a heart scan. Is that too much?” Free speech and drug promotion “High-Engagement Social Media Posts Related to Prescription Drug Promotion for 3 Major Drug Classes”  Health &amp;amp;amp; Veritas Episode 195: Jerry Avorn: Countering the Drug Marketing Machine Medicare premiums  “Medicare premiums to jump 10% heading into 2026”  “Social Security Announces 2.8 Percent Benefit Increase for 2026”  Centers for Medicare and Medicaid: 2026 Medicare Parts A &amp;amp;amp; B Premiums and Deductibles  In the Yale School of Management’s MBA for Executives program, you’ll get a full MBA education in 22 months while applying new skills to your organization in real time. Yale's  Executive Master of Public Health offers a rigorous public health education for working professionals, with the flexibility of evening online classes alongside three on-campus trainings. Email Howie and Harlan comments or questions. </description>
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