- Mamdani has one good idea for New York City.
- Michael Cannon: The Minnesota fraud case is not usual.
- Obstacle to AI doctoring: there are no CPT codes. Another problem: It is explicitly illegal in all 50 states for AI to prescribe, treat, diagnose, and refer without an appropriate medical license.
- Reverse Flynn effect: IQ scores have been falling.
- The federal (Obamacare) exchange approved subsidized health insurance for 23 of 24 fictitious applications submitted by GAO.
- From 2018 to 2023, the number of direct primary care and concierge practice sites grew by 83.1 percent and the number of clinicians participating in them by 78.4 percent.
Category: Direct Primary Care
Wednesday Links
- Former Sen. Bill Frist (and colleagues) reviews MAHA policy toward food.
- Why immediate expensing of capital investment is a good thing.
- Cost of IVF could exceed $300,000. (WSJ)
- During the 2000s, the FDA’s oncology chief, Richard Pazdur, torpedoed cancer treatment drug tests based on quibbles with their trial designs—until his wife got cancer.
- How hospitals violate the price transparency requirements.
Tuesday Links
- Around 2 million 12-to-17 year olds are on S.S.R.I.s, the most commonly prescribed class of antidepressants. (NYT)
- Study: Antidepressants for children are no better than a placebo, but with greater side effects.
- Gene editing techniques are getting better and faster.
- Some benefits of root canals: less diabetes and heart disease.
- Can robots do the job of nursing home care? (WSJ)
- Cost of IVF could exceed $300,000. (WSJ)
- Technology is making the war on Cancer winnable. (WSJ)
During the 2000s, the agency’s oncology chief, Richard Pazdur, torpedoed treatments based on quibbles with their trial designs
NPR: Fewer Physicians Trained Abroad Want to Practice Medicine in U.S.
More than one-quarter of applicants for U.S. residency programs are foreign medical graduates. In 2025, 9,761 international medical graduates matched to a residency program in the U.S. out of a pool estimated to be as high as 15,000 who wanted to come. Some of these were U.S. citizens attending school abroad, but most were foreign born and educated abroad.