How can someone strongly oppose the practice of female genital mutilation — even if the under-age girl and her parents consent — yet still support transgender surgery on minors, which is arguably more invasive, disfiguring and life-altering?
Category: Consumer-Driven Health Care
Tuesday Links – 3 March 2026
- “A lot of exercise research is, quite frankly, useless.” (NYT)
- On average, Americans waste a pound of food per person every day.
- Vermont hospital warning: “Assaulting a healthcare worker is a crime. That means actions like hitting, biting or making threats could give you a criminal record instead of the care you need.” (WSJ)
- A danger from weight loss drugs: too much weight loss.
- Mehmet Oz: “Alcohol is a social lubricant that brings people together.” And evidence suggests that “social connection contributes to health.” (NYT)
Insurers Push Back Against Drug Copay Cards That Lower Patient Cost Sharing
People in government programs (Medicare and Medicaid) are not allowed to use drug copay cards precisely for the reason drugmakers offer them: drug copay cards are a financial inducement to spend the government’s money.
Monday Links – 2 March 2026
- Medicaid fraud in Minnesota.
- What Dr. Spock got wrong.
- FDA: Marty Makary talks about accelerated cures while Vinay Prasad quietly scuttles them. (WSJ)
- Roland Fryer: Best approach to illegal drugs: legalize and tax. (WSJ)
- Women now control more than one-third of global wealth, a figure expected to rise, according to this 2025 Oppenheimer.com article.