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Monday Links

Posted on September 11, 2023September 10, 2023 by John C. Goodman

Study: “we estimate that workers with week-long Covid-19 absences are 7 percentage points less likely to be in the labor force one year later compared to otherwise-similar workers who do not miss a week of work for health reasons.”

Why do academics want to ignore the importance of family structure?

Mike Kim, owner of Grubb’s Pharmacy in Washington, DC, told STAT News in 2017 that he routinely ships medication for Alzheimer’s disease and other forms of dementia to members on Capitol Hill through a contract he has with the Office of the Attending Physician of the United States Congress.

In 2023, US gross domestic product (GDP) hit $200,000 per household.

Why so many kids from rich families get into elite colleges.

A slew of speculations on why Medicare spending has slowed. (NYT)

1 thought on “Monday Links”

  1. Bob Hertz says:
    September 11, 2023 at 8:53 am

    According Kaiser Foundation and Health Payer Intelligence, here are the relevant facts:

    1. spending per beneficiary has grown by 2.2% a year since 2010. This is indeed less than the growth of 3.3% a year for persons under 65 on private insurance.

    2. but hold the applause.

    Overall Medicare spending has grown from $200 billion in 2000 to $744 billion in 2022.
    This is an average of 6.3% annually.

    The tidal rush of new beneficiaries is of course the fiscal problem. The lower growth per-beneficiary is small potatoes.

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