Public health has a long history of success. Sanitation is chief among them. Yes, sanitation reduced disease.
Read more at: Where did U.S. public health go wrong? The article was originally published in Undark.
Category: Cost of Healthcare
Friday Links
- Does it matter that Musk is a ketamine user?
- Zeke Emanuel on what’s wrong with how doctors are paid. (I normally disagree with Zeke, but this article is quite good.)
- Trade between the United States and the European Union represents around 30 percent of global trade.
- The Economist: The Democrats still don’t know what hit them.
- Yours Truly: I psychoanalyze the Democrats.
“Jay Bhattacharya Was Right, and Francis Collins Wrong.”
Thursday Links
- Estimates of the percentage of Medicare costs that arise from patients in the last year of life range from 13% to 25%, with the latest estimates tending toward the higher number.
- RFK Jr. has become pro-vaccine.
- “Under the TCJA, each income group received a tax cut, but the highest-income groups received the smallest cuts relative to their total tax burden.”
- Less than half of Medicaid recipients work enough to comply with a work requirement.
- Ken Thorpe on why the IRA bill could hurt chronic patients.
- It’s been a long time since we have seen an execution buy firing squad. (WaPo) I’ve always thought it is the manly way to go.
Foreign-Trained Physicians Can Ease the Doctor Shortage
The United States has a physician shortage, and residency is the bottleneck. The U.S. does not have a shortage of medical school graduates who would like to practice medicine, however. States should pursue these as an opportunity to address the growing physician shortage.
Read More at KFF Health News: States Facing Doctor Shortages Ease Licensing Rules for Foreign-Trained Physicians