- Why Trump pulled his CDC director nominee: “One source described a meeting with Senate staff members where Weldon did not know the authorities of the CDC director and was not able to articulate his vision or priorities for the agency.”
- Weldon blames Pharma. (InsideHealthPolicy—gated)
- Is hospital sepsis screening worthwhile?
- Trump is doubling down on price transparency.
- Questionable claim from Health Affairs: Poor nutrition in the US causes more than 600,000 deaths and an estimated $1.1 trillion in health care spending.
Category: Monday Links
Monday Links – 10 March 2025
- In going after antisemitism at Columbia, is Bobby Kennedy getting out of his lane?
- 26 GOP members of the House are in districts where 30% or more of the population is on Medicaid.
- Only 17% of voters want to cut Medicaid spending.
- USDA: It gives well over $20 billion a year to mainly well-off farmers.
- Even among mice and other mammals, females live longer than males.
Monday Links
- Ear mark hogs in the GOP: “the top 62 ear markers in the House were Republicans. Eight of the 10 ear markers in the Senate were Republicans.”
- California is getting rich off Medicaid.
- Since 2013, the number of Americans living in poverty has fallen by 10 million, while Medicaid’s monthly enrollment has leaped from 54 million to 79 million.
- GAO: “We estimated that the federal government could lose between $233 billion and $521 billion annually to fraud.”
- How to do well at work: “Higher conscientiousness and emotional stability and lower agreeableness levels enhance earnings and job stability.”
Monday Links
- Tabarrok: hire, don’t fire at the FDA.
- Using international data, a study argues that we spend too little on public school teachers in the U.S. (Note: you can be spending too little on teachers and too much on schools at the same time.)
- ACO’s face incentives to up code and avoid sicker patients.
- Commercial health insurance: higher costs and higher dissatisfaction.