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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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Thursday Links

Posted on March 2, 2023March 3, 2023 by John C. Goodman

Arnold Kling gives an (admittedly Jewish) view of why Christianity is unravelling.
Claim: social media is a major cause of depression – especially in teen girls.
Turns out its worse if the girls are politically liberal.
There are 34 million Health Savings Accounts, holding almost $100 billion.
Biden accuses MAGA Republicans of wanting to cut health care spending. This is after the Democrats’ IRA bill cut $307 billion out of Medicare (CBO report, p, 72) and the administration plans future large cuts in Medicare Advantage.

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Thursday Links

Posted on February 23, 2023February 23, 2023 by John C. Goodman

Transparency: Hospitals still don’t want you to know how much you are going to have to pay. CMS has issued nearly 500 warning notices and over 230 requests for corrective action. The penalty for non-compliance in 2022 is up to $5,500 per day (more than $2 million a year).
Hospitals still don’t want you to know what you are going to be charged: Nearly 500 get a warning from CMS.
Study: 57 percent of nurses felt “exhausted” over the past two weeks, 43 percent felt “burned out,” and just 20 percent said they felt valued.
Light pollution: one-third of the people in the world can’t see the Milky Way. (NYT)
Not following the science. The most rigorous and comprehensive study to date: masks don’t work. CDC tells schools to require them anyway.

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Thursday Links

Posted on February 16, 2023 by John C. Goodman

CBO: the US is on track to add $19 Trillion in new debt over the next ten years.
The US produces only 14% of the active pharmaceutical ingredients needed for generic drugs. India, China, and Italy are the top producers
Site neutral payments could save Medicare $150 billion over ten years. (And stop encouraging hospitals to buy up doctor practices.)
Are physician-owned hospitals the answer to hospital concentration?
John Cleese explains extremism.

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