- Valentine fact of the day: one in four female physicians is married to another physician. It’s called “assortive mating,” and Charles Murray noted some time ago that it is one reason why we are “Coming Apart.” Call it “Cupid’s invisible hand.”
- New York state drops masking rules for hospitals and nursing homes. But facilities can impose their own rules.
- Infant mortality is twice as high among black mothers as among whites and this is true for rich women as well as the poor.
- Climate change subsidies: it helps if you’re rich.
- If the “abortion pill” is banned, there is an off-label use of another drug that will achieve the same result.
- Art Laffer has a new book.
Category: Doctors & Hospitals
Montana Considers Expanding Scope of Practice for Physician Assistants
A few days ago I wrote about that Montana is considering expanding pharmacists’ dispensing authority without a physician’s prescription. The following is what I wrote:
Covid Made the Doctor Shortage Worse but More Residencies Would Help
During the early months of the Covid pandemic many doctors would not treat the virus. My wife’s doctor, for instance, had a sign that read she didn’t treat Covid and patients with Covid or Covid symptoms were barred from entry. I heard similar stories from a number of people. Many medical offices were closed and isolating at home seemed to be the most common therapy until patients became sick enough to visit an emergency room or qualified for a hospital bed. Later in the pandemic as more was known about the virus doctors began experimenting with treatments.
Mental Health Startup Goes Bust, gets an Economics Lesson in the Process
A new high-tech mental health startup called Mindstrong discovered an important lesson in economics. That lesson was that Americans value mental health services until they must pay for them. Writing in Stat News, psychiatrist Roy Perlis had this to say: