- Study: Loneliness epidemic is an overblown myth.
- Study: Even light drinking can be harmful to older adults.
- Counter study: moderate drinking is good for the brain.
- Neil Gorsuch: U.S. statutory law runs to 60,000 pages, with another 188,000 pages of regulations, which delineate 300,000 criminal sanctions, while imposing on the American people 9.8 billion man-hours of paperwork each year. (WSJ)
- Against unions, part I
- How the Chevron decision might affect heath care.
Category: Drug Prices & Regulations
JAMA: What Are Older Voters’ Biggest Health Issues? Mostly Cost
What are older Americans’ top health concerns? They are not necessarily what you would expect. The biggest concern of Americans aged 50 and above is the cost of long-term care (56.3%). That is followed closely by the cost of medical care (56.2%), the cost of drugs (54.3%), the cost of health insurance or Medicare (52.1%) and the cost of dental care (44.6%). The only surprise is that the proportions of voters concerned about costs were not higher.
Tuesday Links
- Marijuana study: Post-legalization, average state income per capita grew by 3 percent, house prices by 6 percent, and population by 2 percent. However, substance use disorders, chronic homelessness, and arrests increased by 17, 35, and 13 percent, respectively.
- Why does building a road cost so much more in the US than in other countries?
- Tulsi Gabbard says she was placed on a domestic terror watchlist after criticizing Vice President Kamala Harris.
- Kamala Harris says she agrees with Trump: there should be no tax on tips. But she voted for the IRA bill – which gave an additional $80 billion to the IRS so they could crack down on unreported tips.