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Category: Drug Prices & Regulations

Monday Links

Posted on October 27, 2025October 27, 2025 by John C. Goodman
  • Against killing drug smugglers on speed boats. (NYT)
  • FREOPP: To end the  government shutdown, let heath plans age rate their premiums and create reinsurance. (WaPo)
  • Study: The poorest Americans die, on average, nine years earlier than the wealthiest Americans.
  • Premiums on healthcare.gov set to rise by 30%: “Without the expiring subsidies, healthy people will drop out.”
  • Is the feminization of society the reason for the rise of wokeness?
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The Dark Side of Social Media Medicine

Posted on October 23, 2025 by Devon Herrick

One thing I have never heard was a doctor advising viewers to take drugs willy-nilly without an underlying condition or an examination. There is more to the Internet than YouTube, however and social media has plenty of charlatans. Social media influencers on TikTok, Instagram and elsewhere, with no medical background, often encourage followers to take prescription drugs. 

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Thursday Links

Posted on October 23, 2025October 22, 2025 by John C. Goodman
  • An Yglesias ode to rational economics.
  • Almost everything there is to know about ICHRAs.
  • More than 30 states continue to enforce certificate of need laws.
  • Nature’s different ways of producing magic mushrooms.
  • Hooper: test new drugs for safety, not efficacy. (WSJ)
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Wednesday Links

Posted on October 22, 2025October 22, 2025 by John C. Goodman
  • CBO: revised cost of orphan drug exemptions will add $3.9 billion to Medicare costs.
  • About half of all conservatives are heterosexual married people, while less than 1/3 of liberals are married heterosexuals.
  • Also, men are significantly more tolerant than women.
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