- An argument against hiding medical debt from credit reports.
- Number of people living in poverty. Official number: 13.3% CBO estimate: 3.5%.
- AARP: Prices for drugs not selected for price negotiation have doubled.
- The University of North Carolina is currently conducting the first-ever RCT trial on the health benefits of water fluoridation.
- Biden officials “screamed” and “cursed” at Meta execs to take down vaccine posts including ones that correctly stated that the vaccines could induce side effects. “It was brutal,” Zuckerberg said.
Category: Monday Links
Monday Links
- The case for all kind of legal immigrants.
- Humorous prediction from Michale Milleson.
- Easing EMS access to blood could save 10,000 U.S. lives.
- Questionable research claim: Childcare Benefits More Than Pay for Themselves at US Companies.
- What happens when Brue Cross stops covering the services of the only hospital system that can save your child’s life?
Monday Links
- You have to be an American Indian who participates in religious ceremonies in order to legally use peyote.
- Inflation update: Lower-income households experienced higher 2024 inflation rates than higher-income groups, with the gap exceeding 70 basis points between the second and top income deciles.
- A “face test” does a better job than doctors at predicting cancer survival. (WSJ)
- You can take a selfie and determine your own biological age. (WSJ)
Monday Links
- Why haven’t we found a cure for cancer?
- The most important barrier to income mobility in our economy: government regulations.
- Opioid settlement money is being wasted.
- DOGE opportunities: “There is upwards of $200 billion worth of savings sitting on the shelf right now in ignored GAO recommendations.
- Organic molecules are ubiquitous in the universe.
- We might be able to save 600,000 children from death by malaria by altering mosquito genes. But should we?