- The Pasteur Act (apparently not in the Omnibus) would essentially pay for the development of new antibiotics in return for “free” use of subsequently invented drugs.
- Does St John’s Wort have any health benefits?
- Not in the omnibus bill: measures to strengthen the generic drug market. (InsideHealthPolicy: gated)
- US life expectancy down more than two years since 2019.
Category: Policy & Legislation
More Than Half of Serious Traffic Accidents Involve Alcohol or Drugs
By now everyone should know that driving while under the influence of alcohol is dangerous and bad for society. A public awareness campaign dating back several decades, along with greater enforcement and beefed-up penalties sought to reduce alcohol-related traffic accidents. Yet, according to a new study 55% of serious road accidents and traffic fatalities involve a driver who tested positive for drugs or alcohol.
Wednesday Links
- Medicaid enrollment to top 100 million as early as next month.
- Catholic Charities and other NGOs have been transporting illegal immigrants all over the country, with taxpayer funding. Who knew?
- What’s in the Omnibus: ending the pandemic policy that prohibited states from taking people off Medicaid, easing Medicare payment cuts for doctors and potentially extending telehealth policies for two years.
- Health care rationing: CVS is limiting shoppers to just two items of children’s pain and fever medicines, both in-store and online, while Walgreens is restricting online shoppers to six items. (Bloomberg)
- Global coal consumption is set to match its all-time high, because of environmentalists’ aversion to much cleaner natural gas.
- Yglesias: Alcohol is more dangerous than marijuana.