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Friday Links

Posted on January 10, 2025January 10, 2025 by John C. Goodman

Medical debt no longer to appear on credit reports.

Bad news: FDA threatens drug companies over communicating the benefits of off label uses of drugs.

Correcting 3 myths about thalidomide:

  • The FDA learned about the problems with thalidomide at the same time as the public.
  • Far from being banished, thalidomide and some close variants are available and widely used today, 
  • Drugs today are no safer than they were in the thalidomide era.

Why so many people hate health insurance companies.

Why we need health insurance companies.

Bidenomics:   The White House values health gains resulting from the government’s climate regulations 10 times higher than identical improvements resulting from private sector medical innovation.

A blow-by-blow description of how the 5 presidents interacted at the Carter funeral.

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During this five-year hiatus no one else has come forward to claim the space. So, my colleagues and I have decided to restart the blog in connection with the Goodman Institute. We invite you and others to use this forum to share your views.

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