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Category: COVID-19 and Public Health

Friday Links

Posted on March 28, 2025March 31, 2025 by John C. Goodman
  • 400 million people worldwide have been diagnosed with some form of long Covid. (NYT)
  • Congressional Republican are busy taking down Biden Administration regulations.
  • Guess who is one of the largest users of the H-2B temporary visa program for seasonal workers? Donald Trump and his resort properties.
  • The Biden Pill Penalty: shots or infusions can be in the market for 13 years before being subjected to government price setting, while cutting-edge ‘small molecule’ medicines, which typically come in pill or capsule form, are subject to price setting after only 9 years on the market.
  • Haislmaier: If patients secure a service below a reference price, they should be able to deposit the savings in an HSA. (Something I think we recommended about a decade ago.)
  • California to spend $8.4 billion this year on health care for illegal aliens.
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Thursday Links

Posted on March 27, 2025March 26, 2025 by John C. Goodman
  • What conservatives got wrong about covid.
  • Food regulation is a regulatory jungle.
  • The 2025 World Happiness Report: solitary activities, including solo meals, can lead to depression and shorter life expectancies. 
  • 90% of rare diseases have no approved treatments. AI may be the answer. (NYT)
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Tuesday Links

Posted on March 18, 2025March 18, 2025 by John C. Goodman
  • Oz promises to go after upcoding in Medicare Advantage plans.  (WSJ)
  • However, there is more upcoding in traditional Medicare than there is in Medicare Advantage.
  • The Economist: Foreign aid is doing more harm than good.
  • The New York Times admits it was wrong on covid.
  • Bill Frist: Microplastics are poisoning us.
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Saturday Links

Posted on March 15, 2025March 15, 2025 by John C. Goodman
  • Denmark’s system of no-fault medical malpractice.
  • Many life-saving drugs fail for lack of funding. But there’s a solution: desperate rich people. 
  • AAF: “Taken as a whole, the CR looks like a budgetary nothingburger, whose primary virtue is that it (hopefully) garners enough bipartisan support to avoid a pointless government shutdown.”
  • Why did the two scientists in charge of approving Pfizer’s covid booster vaccine abruptly resign?
  • What to know about the Critical Medicines Act.
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