- Amazon Health: “same day or next day appointments” and “appointments that start on time.”
- Why did Trump nix Biden’s rule covering anti-obesity drugs under Medicare?
- Some people don’t get hangovers.
- The income gap between Black and white Americans is entirely driven by differences in the men, not the women.
Author: John C. Goodman
Monday Links
- Small nuclear reactors will supply the next wave of new energy production.
- More on Trump tariffs: “It looks like $5.4 trillion in wealth was destroyed by a math error by a low-level government official.”
- The positive case for torpedo bats. (Bloomberg)
- An inexpensive shingles vaccine appears to reduce the probability of dementia by 20%.
- Three states have adopted Medicaid expansion by constitutional amendment. (NYT)
- How Trump’s tariffs will affect the cost of a pencil.
Sunday Links
- Only one-third of Medicaid beneficiaries are actually poor. (WSJ)
- CBO projects that the national debt in 2054 would be 214 percent of GDP with the federal tax cuts permanently extended.
- The total income of the bottom fifth of income recipients is more than $65,000 if you count all government provided benefits. (WSJ)
- Myth: Poverty is the cause of child abuse.