Marriage improves health, wealth, and wellbeing. It reduces child poverty and boosts the resources kids need to grow and develop into well rounded adults. It is unfortunate that government policy that is intended to reduce poverty is arguable one source of it.
Category: Cost of Healthcare
Thursday Links
- What does the Republican Party Platform have to say about heath care? Not much.
- MSM coverage of Kamala Harris since she replaced Joe Biden on the ticket was 84 percent positive; while Donald Trump’s coverage was 89% negative.
- PhARMA: Over half of every dollar spent on medicines goes to middlemen and others.
- International study: after patent expiration (and the arability of generics), the fastest price declines were observed in the US — 32% in year 1 and 82% within 8 years.
- Why have so many pancreata (the plural of pancreas) gone missing?
Wednesday Links
- 16 ways the Biden/Harris administration has made housing more expensive.
- Casy Mulligan: Biden Harris regulations will cost the average family $50,000 over a lifetime.
- Price negotiation does not save money when you are paying for drugs that don’t work.
- Scientists are getting better at pinpointing our biological age. Can they reverse the process?
Alzheimer’s May Be an Autoimmune Disorder Rather Than a Brain Disease
More than six million Americans are living with Alzheimer’s dementia. This figure is expected to double by 2050. Alzheimer’s patients can often be cared for in the home by family in the initial stages of the disease. However, at some point they require more care than most family members can provide.