- South Carolina doctors see liberation in the repeal of certificate-of-need law.
- The case against the Schumer/McConnell/Johnson budget deal.
- Canada may not cooperate with Florida’s plan to import Canadian drugs for Floridians.
- Chatbots are beginning to pass the Turing Test.
- The case for psychedelics.
- The global death rate from extreme weather events has dropped by over 99% since 1920.
- Fauci before Congress said “I don’t not recall” more than 100 times.
Category: Health Economics & Costs
Thursday Links
- Yglesias: Government regulations and dental insurance scams combine to hurt the dental patients.
- How sick are we? Nearly half of American adults have hypertension, 40 percent have high cholesterol and more than one-third have pre-diabetes.
- Attitude matters: People who score highly on tests of optimism live up to 15 percent longer than people who are more pessimistic.
- Bob Lawson remembers James Gwartney (1940-2024).
- Making dishwashers great again.
Are Dentists too Aggressive? Or not Aggressive Enough with Dental Care?
I’m scheduled to go to the dentist later this week. Years ago, the Wall Street Journal wrote about a dental divide. I searched for the old link but could not find one. The divide is between aggressive dentists who perform more procedures and conservative dentists who recommend fewer treatments. As I recall, the article said that within the dental industry there is friction between the two factions, with little agreement about what constitutes honest, recommended care and what constitutes excessive treatment. Purportedly, even the American Dental Association does not want to weigh-in and take a stand on the topic. It’s up to each dentist to decide.
Wednesday Links
- AARP study: Americans are 20 times more likely to save for retirement if do so if contributions are taken from a paycheck automatic. Auto enrollment in 401(k) plans was a key accomplishment of John Goodman, Pete DuPont and Peter Orszag.
- Congress has designated $12 trillion in spending for emergencies over the past 30 years.
- Roughly half or more of every race or religion believes that society discriminates against their kind and. Democrats and Republicans alike feel like they have been losing out to the other side.
- Fewer opioid prescriptions follow surgery and the doses are smaller.