- Elon Musk: AI-powered sex robots aren’t far away from the U.S. market: “less than five years probably.”
- Disney has spent $270 million on Snow White ($450 million, if you include prints and advertising costs, according to Vulture), and it hopes everyone will ignore the movie.
- The federal work force has been rising. What are all those people doing?
- The greatest inequality is among the elderly, and the most important reason is differences in the amount people choose to save over their work life.
- Up until the 1980s it was widely believed that babies could not feel pain. So, doctors subjected them to a lot of it.
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Tuesday Links
- Oz promises to go after upcoding in Medicare Advantage plans. (WSJ)
- However, there is more upcoding in traditional Medicare than there is in Medicare Advantage.
- The Economist: Foreign aid is doing more harm than good.
- The New York Times admits it was wrong on covid.
- Bill Frist: Microplastics are poisoning us.
Monday Links
- Why Trump pulled his CDC director nominee: “One source described a meeting with Senate staff members where Weldon did not know the authorities of the CDC director and was not able to articulate his vision or priorities for the agency.”
- Weldon blames Pharma. (InsideHealthPolicy—gated)
- Is hospital sepsis screening worthwhile?
- Trump is doubling down on price transparency.
- Questionable claim from Health Affairs: Poor nutrition in the US causes more than 600,000 deaths and an estimated $1.1 trillion in health care spending.