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Category: Cost of Healthcare

Tuesday Links

Posted on August 19, 2025August 19, 2025 by John C. Goodman
  • AI scores 100% on medical licensing exam. HT: Tyler
  • Study: 

I document that the average parliamentarian is about 1SD more culturally liberal than the national mean voter. This cultural representation gap is systematic in four ways: i) it arises on nearly all cultural issues, ii) in nearly all countries, iii) nearly all established parties are more culturally liberal than the national mean voter, and iv) all major demographic groups tend to be more conservative than their parliamentarians.

  • How Eugene Steuerle would solve the world’s problems.
  • The case against economists that Trump likes.
  • OBBBA took a  year off of Social Security’s financial solvency. (fourth item down)
  • Krugman throws cold water on AI’s future.
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If Fat is Nothing to be Ashamed of, Do We Need GLP-1 Drugs?

Posted on August 19, 2025August 18, 2025 by Devon Herrick

Is Obesity a disease? Is being fat something people should be ashamed of? The answers to those questions may determine how you feel about GLP-1 weight-loss drugs.

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Recruiter: Physician Starting Salaries are Rising Sharply

Posted on August 18, 2025 by Devon Herrick

What do doctors earn? The answer is: it depends. Some physician specialists earn more than others. A new report from physician recruiting firm, AMN Healthcare reveals the details. Specifically, it looked at what it takes to recruit physicians from various specialties.

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Monday Links

Posted on August 18, 2025August 17, 2025 by John C. Goodman
  • Why aren’t more people organ donors?
  • Can new drugs make your pet dog live longer?
  • The case for portable employee benefits.
  • Robin Hanson on UFOs.
  • Ross Douthat interview on genetic screening.
  • Kotlikoff on AI.  (Interesting throughout)
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For many years, our health care blog was the only free enterprise health policy blog on the internet. Then, when the NCPA closed its doors, the health blog stopped as well.

During this five-year hiatus no one else has come forward to claim the space. So, my colleagues and I have decided to restart the blog in connection with the Goodman Institute. We invite you and others to use this forum to share your views.

John C. Goodman,

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