Friday Links

Do you know what a “walkaway death” is?

Headline I wish I hadn’t seen:

One of the Heritage Foundation’s telehealth policy recommendations for a 2025 GOP president stands at stark odds with policies advocated by telehealth stakeholders and included in GOP-backed telehealth aimed at cementing Medicare telehealth permanency.

Heritage, of course is right. See Mandate for Leadership (2025) Pages 483 and 488.

How California uses Medicaid to rip you off. It taxes providers, then gives the money back as Medicaid funding and draws federal matching money in the process. (WSJ)

NYT (for the first time, I think) allows its lead editorial to advocate the buying and selling of kidneys. (NYT)

Glasses matter: Garment workers, artisans and tailors in Bangladesh who were provided with free reading glasses experienced a 33 percent increase in income compared to those who were not given glasses.

More on Glasses: For nearly a billion people in the developing world, reading glasses are a luxury that many cannot afford. (NYT)