- California state health insurance to cover sex changes for illegal immigrants.
- Good news about the new Covid strain.
- 56% of the economically most impactful technologies come from just two U.S. locations: Silicon Valley and the Northeast Corridor.
- Book: There is a worldwide epidemic of diabetes and it has one cause: carbohydrates.
Category: Health Reform
Monday Links
- FDA approves Florida plan to import drugs from Canada.
- Nearly 53,000 more people died in the UK last year above the normal rate of mortal attrition. These excess deaths coincided with 38 days of strikes by doctors.
- Given low price inflation, why is unemployment so low? Because the Phillips Curve is based on wage inflation, not price inflation.
- What could kill the Schumer/McConnell/Johnson budget deal? A “poison pill” AKA an “abortion pill.”
Hearing Loss (and Poverty) Correlated with Dementia
A cohort study of 573,088 people from Southern Denmark found an increased risk of dementia in those who experience hearing loss.
Saturday Links
- Sally Pipes on the House Republican health bill.
- The American prisoner/homicide ratio is about average for the First World, whereas the number of police per homicide is very low. Recommended
- Scientists discover a new tool to combat drug-resistant bacteria.
- Eli Lilly to sell its weight loss drug directly to patients.
- Biden gives federal workers a 5.2% pay raise. Social Security retirees are getting only 3.2% cost of living increase.
- Where are the new jobs? Health care and government work top the list.