John C. Goodman – Page 228 – The Goodman Institute Health Blog

Tuesday Links

Posted on August 1, 2023July 31, 2023 by John C. Goodman

George W. Bush’s program to combat AIDS in Africa has saved as many as 25 million lives — more lives than any other US government policy in the 21st century.
Sunday was the 58^th birthday of Medicare and Medicaid. The cost of Medicare has grown from $10 billion in its first year to nearly $750 billion last year. Taxpayers spend nearly $730 billion a year on Medicaid, up from under $1 billion at its inception.
Chip Kahn and a whole slew of hospital affiliated authors: If value based purchasing doesn’t work, it’s not our fault.
The cost of medical privacy: The original Privacy Rule from 2000 is 419 pages of dense legalese. This is in addition to revisions to the rule from 2002 (93 pages), 2013 (137 pages), 2014 (27 pages), and 2016 (15 pages).
Over the last few years, the rate of death from Covid for the unvaccinated has been between 300% and 900% higher than for the vaccinated.
Mental health problems diminish with income HT: Tyler
Stress really can cause your hair to fall out. (NYT)
Some patients are paying as much as $100,000 a year for unproven ways to live longer. (WSJ)

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Monday Links

Posted on July 31, 2023July 31, 2023 by John C. Goodman

How exactly do social determinants of health determine health? (Unconvincing to me.)
There is no big rise in teenage suicide rates in the US. The increase is concentrated in people over 19.
Is HHS headquarters the ugliest buildering Washington DC?
Over 37 million Americans have diabetes (including those who are undiagnosed) and nearly 100 million have prediabetes. That’s more than one-third of the country.
Correcting the record: seniors have a lot more retirement income than is typically reported.
Correcting another record: The SAT is a strong predictor of college success, period. Even in grad school, where grades are notoriously inflated, entrance exams are strong predictors of success. HT: Tyler
Studies: Social media is not changing people’s political views.

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Saturday Links

Posted on July 29, 2023July 28, 2023 by John C. Goodman

The Biden White House pressured Facebook and Instagram to censor Covid facts, including its origin.
Now we know: Scientists who signed a paper claiming a natural origin for Covid turn out not to have believed it themselves. (WSJ)
The real DeSantis record: In 2020 Florida had the tenth lowest age-adjusted Covid death rate in the country, nearly 20% lower than California’s. (WSJ)
When did people stop being drunk all the time? From the Middle Ages to the pre-industrial era, the average person consumed about a liter of beer a day, around four times as much as consumption in modern beer-drinking countries. HT: Tyler
DEI training doesn’t work: 30 years of data from more than 800 U.S. companies show that mandatory diversity training programs have practically no effect on employee attitudes — and may even backfire.
An estimated 795 000 Americans become permanently disabled or die annually because dangerous diseases are misdiagnosed. Just 15 diseases account for about half of all serious harms. HT: Arnold Kling

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Friday Links

Posted on July 28, 2023July 27, 2023 by John C. Goodman

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