https://bootstrapping.org/tags/medical/ Recent content in Medical on Bootstrapping.org Hugo en-us Thu, 09 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://bootstrapping.org/2026/04/09/health-and-medical-costs-where-frugality-has-limits-and-where-it-does-not/ Thu, 09 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://bootstrapping.org/2026/04/09/health-and-medical-costs-where-frugality-has-limits-and-where-it-does-not/ <p>Healthcare costs are both the most important category to optimize and the most dangerous to cut carelessly. The frugality framework here is: eliminate waste without eliminating care.</p> <p><strong>Generic medications are identical to brand-name equivalents by law.</strong> The FDA requires generics to have the same active ingredient, strength, dosage form, and route of administration as their brand-name counterparts. Paying brand-name prices for a genericized drug is pure waste. GoodRx and Mark Cuban&rsquo;s Cost Plus Drugs frequently deliver significant savings on both generic and some brand-name medications.</p>