Drinking had already jumped before the Covid Pandemic and shot up even more during Covid. Many Americans felt isolated, worried for the future, stressed due to income loss, risk of death and uncertainty. They drank as a result, or perhaps they drank more as a result. The proportion of Americans who drank alcohol rose, as did the amount of alcohol they drank.
Category: COVID-19 and Public Health
Wednesday Links
- The case against sports gambling.
- Pharma has a new ad targeting PBMs.
- RFK Jr.: 600 people at the National Institutes of Health will be fired on day one of Trump’s second term.
- RFK Jr.: “We’re not gonna take vaccines away from anybody.”
- Josh Barro on what’s wrong with Blue cities.
- Medicare Advantage plans sue CMS over star ratings. (Modern Healthcare)
Saturday Links
- The downside of more screening.
- Nine health reform ideas for Trump.
- Facebook censors are going wild.
- A majority of adult Americans have at least one chronic condition. More than one-fourth of us have two or more.
- Out-of-pocket costs were 18–24 percent lower in Medicare Advantage than traditional Medicare, from 2014 through 2019.
Are Doctors Getting Lazy? (Physicians’ Changing Professional Landscape)
The Wall Street Journal reports that older physicians complain that younger ones don’t have the same work ethic as older docs. Older physicians often resent having to take extra ER on-call duty because their younger colleagues want their evenings free to have a glass of wine and dine with friends on weekends.