- Richard Hanania reviews Christopher Rufo’s book, America’s Cultural Revolution.
- Another review by Bryon Caplan: “The current denial of academic freedom truly is much worse than McCarthyism ever was.”
- Can psychedelics sometimes be useful?
- On an average night, close to 600,000 people in the country will be homeless, and about 20% will be dealing with severe mental illness. (WSJ)
- Two views of Jesse Jackson: NYT: hagiographic; WSJ: he was a dishonest shakedown artist who engaged in race baiting for personal profit.
Author: John C. Goodman
Bureaucracy
For every hour physicians provide direct clinical face time to patients, nearly 2 additional hours is spent on EHR and desk work within the clinic day. Outside office hours, physicians spend another 1 to 2 hours of personal time each night doing additional computer and other clerical work.
That quote here is from 7 years ago and things have gotten even worse since then.
Saturday Links
- Gaming the patent system: drug companies have 74 patents apiece on America’s ten best-selling drugs—receiving over half of them after FDA approval.
- More than 3.1 million patients in 48 states have completed a consultation with an AI-powered chatbot.
- Federal employees are still not back to work. 17 of the 24 federal agencies in GAO’s review had an average occupancy of 25 percent or less.
- As of mid-2020, collections agencies held $140 billion in unpaid medical bills. That’s more than all other collections agency consumer debt combined.
- 80% of children with cancer survive at least five years in the wealthiest countries v. 30% in the rest of the world, according to WHO. (NYT)
Friday Links
- Scott Atlas: what to expect for Medicare for All.
- Unemployment reduces fertility. UI compensation reverses the effect.
- Study: OxyContin marketing in 1996 is related to adverse long-term health outcomes over twenty-five years later.
- Brian J. Miller testimony: lawmakers should foster innovation in the medical field, to ensure the next generation of breakthrough technology reaches patients.
- Medicaid health plans denied physician’s pre authorization requests one out of every eight times — roughly two times the rate under Medicare Advantage.
- Yglesias: Banning background checks increases racial discrimination.