John C. Goodman – Page 270 – The Goodman Institute Health Blog

Tuesday Links

America’s public hospitals are privatizing.
The Economist: Now is a bad time to have a heart attack. Hospitals around the world are having trouble meeting the demand.
Wokeness comes to medical schools: Instead of thinking, “How can my patients protect themselves against health problems?” the AAMC asks medical students to think, “What kind of public collective action is necessary to confront health inequity across identifiable populations?”
US cancer death rate is down by a third.
Having a friend is healthier than having a life partner; it’s even as important as diet and sleep. (WaPo)
Lottery winner gets $1.35B prize. The bulk of the prize money comes from below-average-income ticker buyers, of course, even though this lottery was created by liberal lawmakers in a liberal state. All of the critics who routinely remind us of the evils of inequality are saying …. hum … not much of anything.

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