- Jeff Goldsmith does an about face: vertical integration in health care doesn’t work.
- Study: Which matters more for ER spending – price increases or upcoding? Next study should examine the IQ of the insurers who pay the ER fees.
- 99% of hospitals pharmacists report drug shortages, causing 85% to ration treatments and 84% to rely on different dosages. (STAT)
- Another cost of covid lockdowns: fewer stage 1 cancers were diagnosed and treated – leading to more stage 4 cancers and deaths. (WSJ)
- The next president of Argentina may be a libertarian.
- School Choice in Los Angeles: It works.
- Scott Sumner has the best explanation I have seen on why inflation is a monetary phenomenon – something Keynesians have been slow to accept.
Category: COVID-19 and Public Health
Tuesday Links
- The national gender pay gap is 17%. Among White House political employees, it is 20%.
- Why are gas stations selling so many drugs?
- Supreme Court justice Ketanji Brown Jackson got it wrong: there is no relationship- between the race of the doctor and the progress of the patient. (National Review)
- Can an AI robot substitute for a human mother? (WSJ)
- 23% of U.S. troops were characterized as obese during the COVID-19 pandemic. More than 1 in 10 are ineligible for service because of weight.
Monday Links
- FDA backtracking: It’s OK for doctors to prescribe Ivermectin.
- NIH scientists (including Fauci) got millions in royalty payments.
- I bet you don’t know what a “standard medical deduction” is. (It helps you get food stamps.)
- The average wait to see a physician is 3½ weeks. At Lagone Health center in New York City, you can have a virtual visit whenever you need it.
- Patient dying of cancer says the FDA is keeping him from treatments that might save his life.
- Why are young liberals getting more depressed?
What Covid Public Policies Got Right
COVID forced all states, including Connecticut, to grant far greater leeway to patients and providers in managing care. Physicians could practice across state lines, restrictions on telehealth were dropped, nurse practitioners and other nonphysician providers were granted greater power to treat patients, and hospitals no longer had to beg the permission of states to offer…