A while back my wife saw her doctor for an ongoing health concern. Years later we still wonder why an obvious diagnosis was missed and what could have been done to avoid unnecessary care. Why do I say the diagnosis was obvious? I recently entered a one-sentence description of the problem into Google, and it told me the exact cause and listed a variety of websites discussing treatments.
Category: Health Economics & Costs
Tuesday Links
- Who has been more hateful: Charlie Kirk or the Southern Poverty Law Center?
- David Friedman: The Federal Government has now switched sides on the effects of climate change.
- UNICEF report: childhood obesity is a worldwide problem.
- Roughly 100 HHS officials have been placed on administrative leave – assort of “purgatory” where they are paid big salaries but have nothing to do.
- ICJ: US health care system must reduce its carbon footprint. ICJ means International Court of Justice. (Justice? Yes, justice.)
Abortion, Hardship and Crime
We provide novel evidence that reduced access to abortion also leads to significant economic hardship, reflected in lower labor force participation, rising debt, widening income inequality, and heightened housing insecurity. This financial strain translates into higher rates of financially motivated crime, such as theft and burglary, with no significant effect on violent crime. These effects extend beyond directly affected individuals, reflecting intrahousehold spillovers. These findings suggest far-reaching consequences of restricted access to reproductive healthcare.
Source: NBER Working Paper
Monday Links
- Study: Every $326 that our government spends researching cancer extends a human life by one year.
- Something like 70% of teenagers enroll in college but only 35% of those finish.
- Now the MAHA Commission has released the “Make Our Children Healthy Again: Strategy Report,” which contains more than 120 recommendations spanning multiple federal cabinet departments and agencies.
- An anti-abortion argument for not extending the Obamacare enhanced subsidies.