- By 2021, telehealth use was 38 times pre-pandemic levels. It reduced the risk of hospital readmissions by 76% — with patient satisfaction scores topping 90%.
- FDA deregulation of medical devices increases quality, spurs innovation and reduces prices.
- Surprising finding: European markets have gotten freer while American markets have gotten less free.
- Future of the Internet: A study finds that algorithmically targeted advertising performed worse than ads selected at random.
- After election day, marijuana could be legal in five more states.
Category: Health Economics & Costs
Monday Links
- CDC: alcohol related deaths rose 30% during the Covid pandemic.
- Global budgets aren’t just in Canada and Britain. The government is funding a pilot program for this country.
- Scott Sumner: Is the fed tightening too aggressively? No. “There’s almost no evidence that the Fed has tightened monetary policy at all.”
- Lancet publishes dishonest study on global warming heat deaths. (WSJ)
- The IRA bill is already killing potential cures. (WSJ)
New Reports Suggests Abortions Barely Fell After Roe v. Wade Struck Down
Ever since news leaked out that Roe v. Wade would be overturned sales of pills to end a pregnancy increased from mail-order pharmacies abroad. In addition, women seeking abortions in nearby states that did not ban abortions also increased, resulting in only a very small decrease in overall abortions.
Friday Links
- India makes 60% of global vaccines and 20% of global generics. But how safe are they? (NYT)
- Some brokers use deceptive practice to sell Medicare Advantage plans to seniors. (NYT)
- When pulse oximeters give false reading, people die.
- Does Google discriminate against Republicans?
- Why does fentanyl kill so many people?
- Tyler Cowen defends Elon