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Category: Direct Primary Care

The Cost of Lockdowns

Posted on January 20, 2023 by John C. Goodman

A new Stanford study looking at the 2022 National Assessment of Educational Progress found “eighth-grade math fell for every state, with a national average decline of eight NAEP scale score points” or enough to wipe out all the gains made since 2000. So much for “no child left behind,” and other slogans that were going to fix our public schools.

We will continue to pay for the lockdowns for years to come. “Students on average face 2 to 9 percent lower lifetime income” depending on where they went to school and the states are estimated “to face a gross domestic product that is 0.6 to 2.9 percent lower each year for the remainder of the twenty-first century.”

From the Committee to Unleash Prosperity

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Direct Primary Care and other Direct Pay Practice Models on the Rise

Posted on January 20, 2023January 19, 2023 by Devon Herrick

An article in the Denver Post claims that more of the city’s physicians are converting their practices to direct primary care (DPC).

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Tuesday Links

Posted on January 17, 2023 by John C. Goodman
  • America’s public hospitals are privatizing.
  • The Economist: Now is a bad time to have a heart attack. Hospitals around the world are having trouble meeting the demand.
  • Wokeness comes to medical schools: Instead of thinking, “How can my patients protect themselves against health problems?” the AAMC asks medical students to think, “What kind of public collective action is necessary to confront health inequity across identifiable populations?”
  • US cancer death rate is down by a third.
  • Having a friend is healthier than having a life partner; it’s even as important as diet and sleep. (WaPo)
  • Lottery winner gets $1.35B prize. The bulk of the prize money comes from below-average-income ticker buyers, of course, even though this lottery was created by liberal lawmakers in a liberal state. All of the critics who routinely remind us of the evils of inequality are saying …. hum … not much of anything.
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Learn DIY Dental Care on TikTok (Just Say No)

Posted on December 28, 2022December 28, 2022 by Devon Herrick

Maybe it’s just me but TikTok is probably the last place I would seek any kind of medical advice. For those who’ve never heard of TikTok it caters to teens and the younger crowd. Videos are recorded mostly on smart phones and meant to be viewed on smart phones. The videos are short, usually only a few seconds long and amount to little more than a stream of consciousness rather than a well thought out and edited video

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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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