The so-called social determinants of health (SDH) is an initiative by public health advocates to identify nonmedical factors that affect health status. A related field of study is racial disparities in health. In a nutshell, poor minorities supposedly suffer from a myriad of health problems related to lower income, less education, lower access to medical care, living in food deserts, enduring poverty, microaggressions, discrimination, living in lead and smog-tainted neighborhoods on the wrong side of the tracks, etc.
Category: Cost of Healthcare
Saturday Links – 10 January 2026
- Venezuelan oil: “There are a number of conclusions, but one stands out: Nothing happens fast.”
- Reason for Federal debt: Republicans cut taxes; Democrats increase social welfare spending.
- DOE Office for Civil Rights: a single individual often accounts for 10-30% of all complaints!
- Roughly half the people who start on the weight loss drugs stop taking them within a year. The quit rate hits 60% among people over 65 who have diabetes. (Statnews)
- What crimes Trump is trying to prevent: 97% of DC homicide victims in Washington DC were Black.
- OpenAI launches ChatGPT Health.
Friday Links
- The US has the most progressive tax system in the world.
- Kennedy turns the food Pyramid upside down.
- Best study so far on the gains and losses from the Covid-19 vaccine.
- Sen. Schumer’s health reform bill.
- Median family income has steadily increased over the last 50 years.
- Utah residents can now use an artificial intelligence chatbot to renew some commonly used prescription drugs. (WaPo)
Thursday Links
- Why is Biden’s pension twice the size of Obama’s?
- Poland is an economic recovery model for Venezuela.
- Venezuela’s stock market is now up +73% since President Maduro was captured.
- Why we can’t grow our way out of the Medicare-driven debt crisis.
- The only people who should take an aspirin a day are people with a history of cardiovascular disease. (NYT)