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Category: Health Economics & Costs

If Fat is Nothing to be Ashamed of, Do We Need GLP-1 Drugs?

Posted on August 19, 2025August 18, 2025 by Devon Herrick

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.

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Recruiter: Physician Starting Salaries are Rising Sharply

Posted on August 18, 2025 by Devon Herrick

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.

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Monday Links

Posted on August 18, 2025August 17, 2025 by John C. Goodman
  • Why aren’t more people organ donors?
  • Can new drugs make your pet dog live longer?
  • The case for portable employee benefits.
  • Robin Hanson on UFOs.
  • Ross Douthat interview on genetic screening.
  • Kotlikoff on AI.  (Interesting throughout)
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Saturday Links

Posted on August 16, 2025August 16, 2025 by John C. Goodman
  • 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.
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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.

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