My wife wears socks to bed because her feet get cold at night. I never wear socks to bed because my feet rarely feel cold. Plus, I do not like the feeling of something tight around my feet. Socks also grip the sheets and tug on them when I roll over. I never really thought wearing socks to bed was anything more than a personal choice by people with different attitudes about comfort while sleeping.
Category: Direct Primary Care
If Your New Year’s Resolution is to Improved Your Mental Health then Make No Resolution
Today is the start of another new year: 2024. There are numerous people who like to start the new year with New Year’s Resolutions that are supposed to make their lives better in some way. Indeed, according to a Forbes poll 62% of people feel pressured to make a New Year’s Resolution. Purportedly, women (64%) feel more pressure than men (60%). Resolutions such as losing weight or exercising more are the most common, representing one-third and one-half of resolutions, respectively. A lot of people also resolve to improve their finances over the year.
Should Schools Shorten Medical Training to Expand Diversity, Equity and Inclusion?
I have met many doctors over the years and none of them appeared to be the type to purposely give anyone lower quality care due to race or ethnicity. The key word in my mind is purposely. Doctors are professionals who take their work seriously. Most of the racial bias in medicine is unintentional. I believe the key to reducing racial bias – or any other type of bias in medicine – is awareness. This is especially important in primary care.
Tuesday Links
- Health care spending drops back to 17.3% of GDP.
- A less rosy view of the future of heath care spending.
- Paragon Health Institute: Medicaid expansion leads to a surge in spending, but reduces healthcare access for traditional Medicaid enrollees such as low-income children and people with disabilities and it doesn’t improve health.
- Biden: IRA drug rebates are saving seniors “as much as $618 per average dose on 47 prescription drugs.” Reality: Prescription drug prices increased by 2% under Trump, by 5.5% under Biden, and by nearly 6% in November. (WSJ)