Saturday Links

Letting nurses do more stuff is good for patients.

434 economists (including yours truly) criticize the Biden budget.

Is the Food Stamp program contributing to America’s poor health?

Biden: DACA kids should get free health care from Medicaid, CHIP and the ACA exchanges.  Won’t that encourage more DACA kids?

The FDA approves some drugs other nations don’t want.

Study: After St. George’s Hospital in The UK ended its mask mandate for staff and visitors for some, but not all, wards, there was no difference in Covid infections between the two settings.

Meta analysis of 2,168 studies finds that wearing masks during the COVID-19 pandemic led to negative health consequences, including itching, headaches, and restriction of oxygen.