Americans are constantly being told they need a primary care physician. Supposedly the key to good health is having a close relationship with your family doctor. According to a research paper from Stanford and Harvard medical schools we live longer in areas with high concentrations of primary care physicians:
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Employers Fight Back Against High-Cost Drugs
I’ve said it a million times: The U.S. health care system is largely predicated on gouging employee health plans. Medicare and Medicaid cover the overhead while the real money is from privately insured patients who are charged several times the fees that Medicare pays for the same service.
New Research Supports Masks in Winter
Mask mandates are unpopular. I don’t know anyone who enjoys wearing a mask. Surgeons wear them to avoid infecting surgery patients. Robbers wear them to avoid identification. Masks became political. Liberals who favor collective outcomes support mask mandates while conservatives who favor personal freedom do not. Today in stores I see a few people wearing masks, mostly just a few older people. It always amuses me when a car drives by and the driver — the sole occupant — is wearing a mask.
Study: Needle Exchanges May Do More Harm than Good
Public health research dating back decades found that needle exchanges for intravenous drug users saved lives.