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Thursday Links

Posted on March 9, 2023 by John C. Goodman
  • Scott Atlas: How the experts got Covid science wrong.
  • At least 2 in 5 U.S. adults said they are not willing to pay for 11 of the 12 preventive services currently required to be provided gratis by health insurance regulations. Since none of these services are cost effective for healthy people, that shows people are smarter than the politicians who imposed the regulation.
  • The operational cleavage between the US public health and medical care systems inhibited our ability to contain the spread of COVID-19.
  • A defense of Sharing health plans.
  • On Biden’s plan to increase the Medicare net investment income tax from 3.8 to 5 percent for people earning over $400,000: A tax on capital is a tax on labor, including people who make a lot less than $400,000.
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Wednesday Links

Posted on March 8, 2023March 11, 2023 by John C. Goodman
  • “The crackdown on [opioid] pain pills replaced legally manufactured, reliably dosed pharmaceuticals with iffy black-market products of unknown provenance and composition. Meanwhile, prohibition fostered the rise of fentanyl as a heroin booster and substitute.”
  • Jeffrey Singer testified with the same message. He was the Democrats’ witness!
  • Telemedicine is being widely used in Ukraine.
  • Paragon: In 2019, New York (state per capita income: $67,366) received $17,145 in federal Medicaid funding per person in poverty, while Alabama (state per capita income: $43,288) received $6,148.
  • CBO’s options for reducing health care spending: establishing caps on federal spending for Medicaid; limiting state taxes on providers; reducing the federal Medicaid match rates; increasing Medicare Part B premiums; reducing Medicare Advantage benchmarks; and reducing the tax subsidies for employment-based insurance, etc.  What about a free market for health care?
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Monday Links

Posted on February 27, 2023 by John C. Goodman
  • After the government took steps to raise the price and restrict the supply, opioid consumption and overdoses went up. Casey Mulligan explains why.
  • Sally Satel on “Social Justice Therapy.”
  • Health care worker shortages: Half of the states, including all in New England and most in the Midwest, have health care employment lower than three years ago.
  • Who does AARP really represent? It backed the IRA bill – taking $280 billion away from Medicare and spending the money on heath insurance subsidies for the well-to-do and special interest green energy projects.
  • U.S. Energy Dept: the coronavirus most likely came from a lab leak.
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Saturday Links

Posted on February 25, 2023February 25, 2023 by John C. Goodman
  • Study: GoodRx often beats Mark Cuban’s Cost Plus Drugs on low prices.
  • In the past century, human heights have skyrocketed. Globally, humans grew an average of about 3 inches. In South Korea, women grew an astounding 8 inches and men grew 6 inches on average.
  • Near 100% marginal tax rates for the wealthy and a return to the 35%  corporate income tax would not be enough to save Social Security and Medicare. (NYT)
  • Democratic senators want the Biden administration to close down short-term insurance plans by reinstating Obama’s executive order. (gated)
  • Study: Because of burnout, workload, and other stresses, 20 percent of physicians and 40 percent of nurses say they plan to leave their practice within two years.
  • There are actually such things as lazy ants – but they serve a purpose.
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