- Why does time fly faster as we get older?
- TikTok sale may not be as easy as Trump thinks.
- Microsoft’s new AI system correctly diagnosed patient cases 80% of the time. According to the company, the results from the tool are four times better than the human physicians in the study, who reached the correct answer 20% of the time.
- States receive $9 in federal funds for every $1 of state spending on able-bodied, working-age adults compared to an average of only $1.33 in federal funds for every $1 of state spending on children, pregnant women, seniors, and people with disabilities.
Category: Cost of Healthcare
Deregulation Made a Tech Breakthrough Possible: Glasses with Built-In OTC Hearing Aids
Times have changed and technology has allowed hearing devices to become much smaller. The Wall Street Journal reports Nuance Audio – the company that owns Ray-Bans and LensCrafters – recently rolled out a new product that combines prescription eyeglasses with built-in OTC hearing aids. The photo of me is from Nuance Audio’s website, which allows consumers to try on their glasses virtually.
Monday Links
- The OBBBA improves child benefits over current law, but long-term benefits continue to decline as a percent of GDP.
- The Alpha School project reduces the time that kids have to spend in traditional K-12 schools by more than 50 percent.
- New Zealand approves use of ‘magic mushrooms’ to treat depression but only one psychiatrist is allowed to prescribe it.
- Social Security Trustees: With no change, in 8 years the law will require a 23 percent benefit cut. Balancing Social Security’s long-term books requires a 30 percent permanent benefit cut starting now.
- The word “fascist” is used so frequently these days, it is helpful to know what it means.
- There is no evidence that trans medical procedures reduce adolescent suicide rates.
Saturday Links
- 6.4 million people are improperly enrolled in an exchange plan for which they are ineligible.
- More than 1,900 non-profit hospitals – 80% of non-profit hospitals — gave less back to their communities than they had received in tax breaks. In total, the amount ($25.7 billion) would have been sufficient to pay off the medical debt of everyone in California, Texas, New York, and Pennsylvania combined.
- Perils of outdoor cooking: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) estimates that each year, 48 million people (I in 6 Americans) get sick from a foodborne illness.
- Why is thimerosal controversial?
- “Countries like the U.S., France, New Zealand, and Sweden have now switched to [fertility] rates well below replacement, while countries like China, Taiwan, and South Korea are at levels that imply catastrophic population collapses over the next century.”