Author: John C. Goodman

Friday Links

Posted on by John C. Goodman

Surgeon quality matters. HT: Tyler

Where health care research misses out.

The healthcare system tracks data on people who are patients, not on people when they aren’t.  We’re not looking at the people when they don’t need health care; we’re not gathering data on what it means to be healthy.  I.e., the “missing patients.”

Medicare is paying doctors to be woke.

Senate votes to revoke Biden’s preschool (Head Start) mask mandate. (7 Democrats voted with all the Republicans)

Apple employees to Tim Cook: Making us go back to work is racist.

Face-lifts for the price of a sports car.

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Monday Links

Posted on by John C. Goodman

With the prevalence of home testing and milder effects, how can we know where Covid is and what it is doing?  Answer: test the wastewater.

Out-of-pocket spending on medical care in Britain and America is now roughly the same. One in 14 of Britain’s poorest households now incurs “catastrophic healthcare costs.”

Libertarian views on student debt.

Are hospitals going to the dogs?

Parks, a 2-year-old Labrador retriever with a golden coat and floppy ears — boasts an impressive catalogue of more than 40 commands….  including pushing objects, turning light switches on and off with his snout, pulling ropes to hold drawers and doors open, retrieving items, and assisting with laundry by tugging the hamper to the washing machine.

Another libertarian view on student debt.

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Friday Links

Posted on by John C. Goodman

Johns Hopkins professor, Dr. Marty Makary on Fox News says when he goes to doctors’ conferences almost no one is wearing a mask.

What’s the right sales tax for tampons? This is a big issue in Texas.

If Pfizer’s Covid pills work so well, why aren’t people taking them?

How right wing think tanks think about health care.

British Court: officials broke the law when they sent untested (Covid) patients to nursing homes. And so, apparently did US governors Cuomo, Murphy, Wolf, Baker, Pritzker, Whitmer, and Walz. 

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