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Category: Doctors & Hospitals

Monday Links

Posted on May 9, 2022July 25, 2022 by John C. Goodman

Doctors file lawsuit against HHS over paying more to docs who practice “woke” medicine.

Why don’t medicines have names that are easy to pronounce and remember?

Biden Adm. wants certificate of need for charter schools.

There aren’t enough Covid boosters for everyone to have a second booster by Sept 1.

Sec. Mark Esper: Trump proposed shooting Patriot missiles into Mexico to destroy drug labs.

Is being a child in America worse than in other countries?

In the first year of a baby’s life, parents face 1,750 difficult decisions. But compared to the influence of DNA, how much does any of that matter? Recommended.

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Friday Links

Posted on May 6, 2022July 25, 2022 by John C. Goodman

Surgeon quality matters. HT: Tyler

Where health care research misses out.

The healthcare system tracks data on people who are patients, not on people when they aren’t.  We’re not looking at the people when they don’t need health care; we’re not gathering data on what it means to be healthy.  I.e., the “missing patients.”

Medicare is paying doctors to be woke.

Senate votes to revoke Biden’s preschool (Head Start) mask mandate. (7 Democrats voted with all the Republicans)

Apple employees to Tim Cook: Making us go back to work is racist.

Face-lifts for the price of a sports car.

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Monday Links

Posted on May 2, 2022July 25, 2022 by John C. Goodman

With the prevalence of home testing and milder effects, how can we know where Covid is and what it is doing?  Answer: test the wastewater.

Out-of-pocket spending on medical care in Britain and America is now roughly the same. One in 14 of Britain’s poorest households now incurs “catastrophic healthcare costs.”

Libertarian views on student debt.

Are hospitals going to the dogs?

Parks, a 2-year-old Labrador retriever with a golden coat and floppy ears — boasts an impressive catalogue of more than 40 commands….  including pushing objects, turning light switches on and off with his snout, pulling ropes to hold drawers and doors open, retrieving items, and assisting with laundry by tugging the hamper to the washing machine.

Another libertarian view on student debt.

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Get Your Medical Care at the Mall while Shopping

Posted on April 28, 2022April 28, 2022 by Devon Herrick

Many malls are struggling financially because Amazon and other online retailers have taken away business from brick & mortar stores. The pace accelerated with Covid as non-essential retail locations faced a lockdown. However, some struggling malls are finding a new life as medical facilities.

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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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