Nearly three-quarters of the net new jobs in June were in government, healthcare and social assistance. These industries also made up roughly half of the new jobs in May and more than 90% in April….
Source: WSJ Editorial Board
Category: Health Economics & Costs
Saturday Links
- Our species has been on earth for only about 300,000 years; but 2.6 million years ago, our pre-human ancestors were making stone tools. This sweep of history by Matt Yglesias is recommended
- Two things have grown dramatically over the past decade: the number of people with health insurance and the number of pharmacies getting discounted drugs because they service uninsured patients. The 340B program is costing Medicaid $32 billion a year – mainly because of perverse incentives.
- Positive and negative moods are contagious.
- Woman has a bionic arm and hand, “which she uses confidently to open containers, make morning coffee, water plants and put her clothes on hangers.”
Friday Links
- The Deputy Director of the FDA’s Office of Vaccines Research and Review declined the covid booster shot. Recommended
- 11% of all physicians in the United States and 25% of current medical students are osteopaths.
- Gen Z college students: mainly ignorant about the world.
- CBO: If Congress allows the Obamacare “enhanced subsidies” to expire next year, the population of uninsured will increase by only one percentage point.
- Capretta on the benefits of price transparency and the many reason it isn’t working very well.
NYT: Cliques, Mean Girls, Bullies and Aggression Are Common in… Nursing Homes
High school kids are known to be petty, with cliques, mean girls, bullies, and various pecking orders. Most people would be surprised to discover that nursing homes have a lot in common with high school.
Arguments, verbal abuse and aggression are not unusual in elder care settings.