- The top 1% now pay almost half of all federal income taxes – the highest in history.
- Why isn’t UV light everywhere?
- Bad news on alcohol: binge drinking affects microbe in your gut and makes you crave alcohol even more.
- More bad news on drinking and the microbiome. (NYT: gated)
- Trump tax cuts: the rich are now paying more than ever.
- Can recessions be good for our health?
Category: Medical Tourism
Friday Links
- 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.
That Cheap Drug From Mexico (or Bought Online) May Not Be What You Think
Years ago I crossed into Mexico from Weslaco, Texas. You could park on the U.S. side and walk across the bridge into Mexico. If you pull up Weslaco on Google Maps it lists eight different pharmacies or clinics within several blocks of the international border crossing. Google Maps does not always list every business. There are probably more than eight. As I recall there were rows of pharmacies. The storefronts were often narrow but deep. On one side of the pharmacy was cheap drugs while on the other side was cheap liquor.
Friday Links
- Cost and benefits of legalizing pot: The economic benefits are broadly distributed, while the social costs may be more concentrated among individuals who use marijuana heavily. Recommended.
- Capitation v. fee-for-service medicine: fewer visits and fever services.
- Alex Tabarrok on “deaths of despair.”
- Ending homelessness: the case for “Housing First.” Timothy Taylor is always good, but I think I disagree with this.