With a majority in both houses of Congress and a president in the White House, Republicans are talking about putting an end to an abusive Medicaid practice. The Congressional Budget Office estimated such a move would save $600 billion over a decade.
Saturday Links
- Update on direct primary care.
- “Russia presents as the extreme outlier—with shockingly low levels of life expectancy given its level of educational attainment.”
- Why tariffs don’t cause and can’t fix trade deficits.
- Why 19th century Jews were divided over the question of slavery.
- A new food pyramid.
- Only in rich countries do you see a lot of redistribution of income.
Should Medicaid Seek to Address Nonmedical Social Determinants of Health?
There are many things that correlate with health status. Age is the greatest factor. Older is less healthy. Education is another. Poorly educated people have lower health status than more highly educated people. Wealth is also correlated with health. Lower income people have higher rates of obesity, diabetes, hypertension, high cholesterol, heart disease, strokes, and…