- Capretta on entitlement reform.
- Harvard law school being sued for discriminating against white men.
- A country-wide 1985-1990 anti-alcohol campaign in the Soviet Union resulted in immediate, substantial and sustained reductions in alcohol consumption – with many positive social and health effects.
- Fourteen gems in the Senate tax bill.
Category: Health Reform
Medicaid is Not a Jobs Program; Cuts Would Only Slow Growth
The Medicaid program was originally intended for poor people and low-income children. Refocusing Medicaid’s mission to better serve its core population would boost their access to care. It would hopefully encourage primary care through physicians’ offices rather than emergency rooms.
Tuesday Links
- Why does time fly faster as we get older?
- TikTok sale may not be as easy as Trump thinks.
- Microsoft’s new AI system correctly diagnosed patient cases 80% of the time. According to the company, the results from the tool are four times better than the human physicians in the study, who reached the correct answer 20% of the time.
- States receive $9 in federal funds for every $1 of state spending on able-bodied, working-age adults compared to an average of only $1.33 in federal funds for every $1 of state spending on children, pregnant women, seniors, and people with disabilities.
Deregulation Made a Tech Breakthrough Possible: Glasses with Built-In OTC Hearing Aids
Times have changed and technology has allowed hearing devices to become much smaller. The Wall Street Journal reports Nuance Audio – the company that owns Ray-Bans and LensCrafters – recently rolled out a new product that combines prescription eyeglasses with built-in OTC hearing aids. The photo of me is from Nuance Audio’s website, which allows consumers to try on their glasses virtually.