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Category: Policy & Legislation

Friday Links

Posted on October 6, 2023October 6, 2023 by John C. Goodman
  • “mRNA vaccines reached production despite the system, rather than because of it.”
  • Fake health news on TikTok.
  • To speed up drug approvals, recognize reliable approvals in other countries.
  • Timothy Taylor: Update on the opioid epidemic.
  • The National Portrait Gallery, which contains memorable drawings of great Americans throughout our nation’s history, is displaying a picture of Fauci????
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How Old Is Too Old to be President?

Posted on October 5, 2023October 4, 2023 by Devon Herrick

The advanced age of President Joe Biden raises an important question: how old is too old? Should there be an age cut-off for politicians?

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Thursday Links

Posted on October 5, 2023October 4, 2023 by John C. Goodman
  • To deal with misleading ads in the Medicare Advantage open enrollment period, CMS has tried every possible remedy except the obvious one: let doctors advise their own patients about the choices.
  • Inequality in life expectancy:  “the least-educated Americans have seen their death rates surge in a way that more-educated Americans have not.
  • A Trump executive order requires giving consumers full pricing information for medications. It looks like the courts are going to force the Biden administration to enforce that rule.
  • Covid vaccine mandates are back – in red state Texas!
  • Food stamp spending has doubled in the last four years.
  • David Friedman wonders if he can escape death.
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How Many Pathogens Does it Take to Make You Sick? It Depends!

Posted on October 3, 2023October 2, 2023 by Devon Herrick

North America is about to enter cold and flu season. Covid is on the uptick and may spread to millions of people this winter depending on how many people get a booster and how well the boosters work. Every year the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has to decide in the winter to spring which four flu strains are most likely to hit the United States next year. Strains circulating in Asia are often the ones that infect Americans, Canadians and Mexicans in the coming Winter. Thus, the flu vaccine is a cocktail of the four flu strains likely during following flu season.

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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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