- Weight gain is not a new thing: Americans have been gaining weight for as far back as we have data.
- When Cuba sends doctors to other countries, it’s not charity; it’s business.
- The Heath Care Blog discovers the joys of patient power. Of course, 30 years is a long time after we first explained it all; but better late than never.
- Biologics account for 2% of US prescriptions for drugs, but 40% of total spending on prescription drugs. Here’s what drug companies do to discourage generic (biosimilar) competitors.
- Do health insurers provide fair access to drugs? Evidence that they don’t.
Drain the Food Swamp!
Do you live in a food swamp? I’ve read that food swamps are dangerous places to live. I had never heard of food swamps before reading about them. I’ve heard of food deserts. These are supposedly inner-city metropolitan areas where there are few grocery stores that sell fresh vegetables and healthy foods. I thought if your…
Saturday Links
- The downside of virtue signaling: When you drive your electric car, you might say a prayer of thanks to the women and children — many killed or maimed while under the orders of armed guards – who mine by hand the cobalt in the Congo that makes your car possible. (WSJ)
- Why has the FDA been conducting a war on Ivermectin and the doctors who prescribe it?
- People who have Prader-Willi syndrome over eat to the point of severe obesity because their brains never signal a feeling of being full. (WSJ)
- Why did the government promote Pfizer’s and Moderna’s mRNA vaccines at the expense of J&J’s shot, which provides more durable immunity? (WSJ)
Friday Links
- Florida now has more jobs than New York. That’s likely because Florida avoided the NY lockdown approach to the pandemic.
- Mainly because of health care commitments, the federal government will exhaust its ability to borrow in the next 25 to 50 years. Technical paper here.
- The case for ending the Covid emergency now.
- If Social Security makes a mistake and overpays you, they can come after you to reclaim the money – no matter how much or how long ago the mistake occurred. But if you make a mistake in not claiming all the SS or Medicare benefits you are entitled to, you generally can’t correct your mistake — even if it is caused by bad advice from government personnel. See Robbery by Red Tape.
- This is priceless: After asking a question and getting a dumb answer, the user re-prompted GPT with “how would a super-smart AI answer this question?” He then got a smart answer.
- Cato study: Obamacare increased low‐hours, involuntary parttime employment by 500,000 to 1 million workers, in retail, accommodations, and food services.