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Category: Health Economics & Costs

Friday Links

Posted on August 2, 2024August 7, 2024 by John C. Goodman

Donald Trump once proposed a wealth tax.

The case for and against microdosing chocolates with trace amounts of psilocybin — the psychedelic found in magic mushrooms. 

Trading personal time for wages: the shift to working from home lowered average wage growth by two percentage points from spring 2021 to spring 2023.

Thousands of IRS employees and contractors owe $50 million in unpaid taxes.

C-SPAN video: Paragon’s event with former Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretaries Alex Azar and Kathleen Sebelius.

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Thursday Links

Posted on August 1, 2024August 7, 2024 by John C. Goodman

“For less than $100,000, it may now be possible to use artificial intelligence to develop a virus that could kill millions of people.” (NYT)

Over 207,000 cases of syphilis were reported in 2022, an 80 percent increase since 2018 and the highest number reported since 1950.

Online portals deliver scary health news before doctors can weigh in. (WaPo)

A blood test can predict the risk of developing more than 60 diseases.

Being an Olympic host is expensive. Inevitable cost overruns are even more expensive.

The case for increased federal R&D spending as a catalyst for economic growth and technological innovation.

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Is Dental Care Primary Care (and Should it be Covered by Health Insurance)?

Posted on July 31, 2024August 7, 2024 by John C. Goodman

Public health experts are finding connections between dental health and physical health (sometimes called systemic health). The correlation between physical and dental health is an area of growing interest in the public health community.

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Wednesday Links

Posted on July 31, 2024July 30, 2024 by John C. Goodman
  • An argument against Pigouvian taxes or subsidies to correct “market failure.”
  • The case for Pigouvian taxes.
  • Too little or too much sleep is associated with dementia.
  • “The sudden near-disappearance of vultures in India about two decades ago led to more than half a million excess human deaths over five years.” (NYT)
  • The presence of wolves reduced vehicle collisions with deer by about a quarter, creating an economic benefit that was 63 times greater than the cost of wolves killing livestock.
  • Housing in NYC:  “They have simultaneously limited short-term rentals such as Airbnb, reducing the number of listings by 80 percent, while at the same time closing 55 affordable youth hostels and spending tax dollars to fill hotels with the homeless and foreign migrants.”
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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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