The Atlantic recently asked the question, Was Agriculture the Worst Mistake in the History of the Human Race? The debate is based on a paper by Jared Diamond, a historian, university professor and author. You can read Diamond’s paper here.
Category: Health Economics & Costs
Saturday Links
- Hooper: Why drug efficacy should be determined by doctors and patients, not FDA testing.
- Scott Gottlieb: How safe are vaccines?
- Most foreigners actually pay more than we do overall because they have access to fewer generics and they pay more for generics than we do.
- A typical Canadian family of four will pay an estimated $19,060 for public health-care insurance.
- Work requirements for Arkansas Medicaid enrollees: no increase in preventable hospital admissions or emergency room visits.
- How Obamacare discriminates against the sick.
- M Cannon: in defense of health insurance companies.
Friday Links
- Can herbs and vitamins successfully treat depression? Mainly no.
- Are protein bars good for you? Probably not. (NYT)
- Student achievement scores are getting worse over time.
- 11 medical myths.
- Income inequality worsened under Biden.
- “Whole Foods is the place to shop if you’re sure that some food ingredients are harmful, even with no scientific evidence to support your hunches.”
- Mayor of San Jose on the state of California:
We have the highest energy and housing costs in the continental United States, and, largely because of these high costs, the highest effective poverty rate in the nation.
Thursday Links
- In 2023, more than 41,000 Americans over 65 died from falls. Could prescriptions be the reason?
- MedPAC: Medicare Advantage growth hasn’t hurt hospital profits.
- The EU is a long way from internal free trade.
- HHS withdraws report than links moderate drinking to cancer. A completing report says that moderate drinking is healthier than not drinking. (NYT)
- Investors are betting that wealthy people will pay a lot to extend their life expectancy. (WSJ)