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Category: COVID-19 and Public Health

Thursday Links

Posted on March 6, 2025March 5, 2025 by John C. Goodman
  •  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.
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Saturday Links

Posted on March 1, 2025March 1, 2025 by John C. Goodman
  • AAF fun fact of the day: Canada has 432 MRI machines, while the United States has roughly 13,000. Adjusting for population, the United States has roughly four times the number of MRI machines per capita.
  • Krugman: Why Republicans can’t afford to cut Medicaid benefits.
  • The incidence of the flu is approaching recon levels. Vaccination rates are down.
  • Argument: one-third of Medicare spending is waste.
  • Prices insurers pay for common medical procedures are all over the map.
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Saturday Links

Posted on February 22, 2025February 22, 2025 by John C. Goodman
  • Republicans are having more children than Democrats.
  • “More than 370 million people worldwide need oxygen as part of their medical care, but fewer than 1 in 3 receive it.”
  • Is Texas making a wrong turn on vaccines?
  • The probability of an asteroid wiping out humanity in 2043 is much lower than advertised.
  • More than 200,000 public housing units had to be demolished over the past 20 years  because they proved to be uninhabitable.
  • A solution for Covid-19-related hospital capacity issues: transparency.
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Thursday Links

Posted on February 20, 2025February 20, 2025 by John C. Goodman
  • Where Ozempic came from: a hormone in the venom of the Gila monster. (They can survive on a few meals a year.)
  • Woman who gave birth to someone else’s child sues IVF clinic. (WaPo)
  • What should be done with $500 million in government stockpiled covid tests?  (WaPo)
  • Why does your therapist not accept your health insurance?
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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.

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