Public health advocates report there is a growing mental health crisis among young people, especially since covid. One outcome of mental health challenges is an emerging therapeutic estrangement fad on social media. I’m referring to the trend of TikTok therapists and sociology gurus on YouTube counseling young adults on becoming estranged from family members.
Category: Public Insurance
Friday Links
- Pharmacist admits he routinely ships medication for Alzheimer’s Disease and other forms of dementia to members on Capitol Hill.
- Zvi Mowshowitz on the Hanson/Alexander debate over the value of health care spending.
- Scott Sumner on how regulation lowers our standard of living.
- WSJ: Medicare paid Medicare Advantage (MA) plans $50 billion for untreated ills.
- Douglas Holtz Eakin: net overpayments in the MA program are small and they are three times worse in traditional Medicare.
- Casey Mulligan: Why raising the price of opioids may cause people to consume more of them.
Saturday Links
- Our species has been on earth for only about 300,000 years; but 2.6 million years ago, our pre-human ancestors were making stone tools. This sweep of history by Matt Yglesias is recommended
- Two things have grown dramatically over the past decade: the number of people with health insurance and the number of pharmacies getting discounted drugs because they service uninsured patients. The 340B program is costing Medicaid $32 billion a year – mainly because of perverse incentives.
- Positive and negative moods are contagious.
- Woman has a bionic arm and hand, “which she uses confidently to open containers, make morning coffee, water plants and put her clothes on hangers.”
NYT: The End of Chevron is a Public Health Disaster
The New York Times asked some public health advocates and legal experts what effect the Supreme Court’s repeal of the so-called Chevron Doctrine would have on public health. Apparently, the end of the Chevron Doctrine will hasten the End of the World! “We anticipate that today’s ruling will cause significant disruption to publicly funded health insurance programs, to…