Writing in the Wall Street Journal, Joel Stein explains how to not pay your medical bills. The article, written tongue-in-cheek, is amusing but also touches on a serious topic.
Category: Health Insurance
Saturday Links
- Republicans are having more children than Democrats.
- “More than 370 million people worldwide need oxygen as part of their medical care, but fewer than 1 in 3 receive it.”
- Is Texas making a wrong turn on vaccines?
- The probability of an asteroid wiping out humanity in 2043 is much lower than advertised.
- More than 200,000 public housing units had to be demolished over the past 20 years because they proved to be uninhabitable.
- A solution for Covid-19-related hospital capacity issues: transparency.
The Welfare State
The US has a welfare state. This means that those individuals who are below 60th percentile or so of the income distribution are net receivers of funds from the government during their lifetime (i.e., the net present value of what they contribute less than what they receive later in life, like Social Security and Medicare),..
Source: AEI
Thursday Links
- Where Ozempic came from: a hormone in the venom of the Gila monster. (They can survive on a few meals a year.)
- Woman who gave birth to someone else’s child sues IVF clinic. (WaPo)
- What should be done with $500 million in government stockpiled covid tests? (WaPo)
- Why does your therapist not accept your health insurance?