Is Obesity a disease? Is being fat something people should be ashamed of? The answers to those questions may determine how you feel about GLP-1 weight-loss drugs.
Category: Health Economics & Costs
Recruiter: Physician Starting Salaries are Rising Sharply
What do doctors earn? The answer is: it depends. Some physician specialists earn more than others. A new report from physician recruiting firm, AMN Healthcare reveals the details. Specifically, it looked at what it takes to recruit physicians from various specialties.
Saturday Links
- The average large hospital CEO earned $1,037,182 in 2023
- Trump’s father knew how to build affordable housing.
- What has wokeism actually accomplished?
- Why are there so many flight delays?
- Obamacare’s enhanced subsides: In 2024 alone, taxpayers spent billions subsidizing coverage for 7.8 million full-year enrollees who never used their insurance. Every dollar went to insurers and middlemen, with zero benefit to patients.
- Between 2000 and 2018, the gap in life expectancy between people with low (high school diploma or less) compared with high (college degree) levels of education increased by three years among men and five years among women. Alcohol is a reason.