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Category: Drug Prices & Regulations

Wednesday Links

Posted on February 22, 2023February 22, 2023 by John C. Goodman
  • Covid lockdown measures worldwide reduced the seismic noise of the planet by up to 50 percent. 
  • Canadian study: for roughly half the population, drinking coffee increases the risk of kidney dysfunction.
  • The federal government is now required to engage in explicitly racist hiring.
  • David Henderson: The “1619 Project” on Hula vindicates Capitalism (WSJ)
  • The generic drug market isn’t as competitive as we thought.
  • Digital health: The share of U.S. adults who said they use health applications has grown 6 percentage points to 40% since December 2018, while the share of adults who said they use wearables has grown by 8 points to 35%.
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Tuesday Links

Posted on February 21, 2023 by John C. Goodman
  • Covid infection creates immunity at least equal to two doses of mRNA vaccine, according to a meta-analysis of 65 studies from 19 countries.
  • Why did it take two decades for a generic competitor for the nation’s leading (and costly) arthritis drug to become avaible to consumers?
  • Benefit of placebos: “taking a sugar pill can be beneficial even when you know it’s a sugar pill.” (WSJ)
  • Why can’t we have one-stop-shopping for safety net benefits for the poor, instead of multiple siloed benefits?
  • Study: 76% of homeless people in high-income countries suffer from a mental disorder, with substance use disorders and schizophrenia being the most common.  HT: Arnold Kling
  • In Utah, it is legal to forcibly sterilize a person with a disability.
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More Americans Delay Care Due to Cost

Posted on February 18, 2023February 19, 2023 by Devon Herrick

It’s no mystery that Americans are paying a bigger share of their medical bills out-of-pocket these days. Health plan deductibles have about doubled in the past two decades. My 2023 health plan deductible is nearly $9,000. Some family plans have combined deductibles of $15,000. High deductibles are causing more Americans to delay medical care according to The New York Times.

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Friday Links

Posted on February 17, 2023 by John C. Goodman
  • CBO: Social Security and Medicare to become insolvent in the next 10 years.
  • Disappointing discovery: ChatGPT is politically biased.
  • FDA Commissioner Robert Califf:  Low Generic Prices Can Lead to Drug Shortages. (InsideHealthPolicy – gated)
  • Florida Surgeon General issues an alert on adverse events connected to Covid vaccines.
  • Reasons to have more sex: it reduces pain, relieves stress, improves sleep, lowers blood pressure and strengthens heart health. (NYT)
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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.

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