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Friday Links

Posted on June 9, 2023June 9, 2023 by John C. Goodman

Could redistribution of income make people healthier? Evidence that the answer is “yes.”

330 COVID-19 articles in science journals have been retracted.

NYC to help patients compare hospital costs. (NYT)

More from Graboyes on sterilization.

Steve Moore to Congress: ESG is harmful to retirees.

Merck sues over IRA drug price negotiation: It’s an unconstitutional “taking” and it also “compels speech.”

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  1. Devon Herrick says:
    June 10, 2023 at 10:27 am

    Michael Cannon at Cato makes the argument that the IRA isn’t a takings from Merck, it’s merely reducing the taxpayer subsidy that should be closer to $0. Merck is free to walk away if it feels the deal is unfair.
    https://www.cato.org/blog/medicare-not-taxing-or-coercing-merck-just-reducing-its-government-subsidies
    Alain Enthoven maintained in a brief analysis published by the NCPA that bargaining power results from the freedom and willingness to walk away from a deal. If Medicare is willing to exercise that power and Merck is willing to exercise that power then the two could come to an agreement. http://www.ncpathinktank.org/pdfs/ba575.pdf

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