- Less developed countries discover how to provide economical mental health care: use non-specialists.
- How reliable are patient online reviews at detecting physician and hospital quality? Not good.
- Is Obamacare’s free preventive medicine mandate unconstitutional? (WSJ)
- 94% of US residents have gotten Covid.
NYT: It’s Not Your Fault You’re Fat
According to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) the prevalence of obesity among adults in the U.S. is about 42%, rising more than 10 percentage points in the past two decades. During that same period, severe obesity about doubled, to 9.2%. It is estimated that medical costs attributed to obesity are $173 billion, or about $1,861 higher per obese individual compared to adults with a healthy weight.
Tuesday Links
- The case for micro workouts (10 minutes or less).
- Results of moving from a high-poverty neighborhood to a lower-poverty one: No effect on adults; big effect on children.
- Choice for rural hospitals: Be eaten or face extinction. Dylan Scott explanation: poverty. My explanation: government.
- Health Care in Quebec HT: Tyler Cowen
- Canadian commercial for assisted suicide. HT: Tyler Cowen
- Scientists: Lack of willpower doesn’t cause obesity. I don’t buy it. Have you ever known anyone to lose a lot of weight without exercising willpower?
Pharmacist: That Prescription Will Cost You $3.5 Million!
A new record has been set for the highest price medication. The newly approved hemophilia drug Hemgenix.