Tuesday Links – Page 27 – The Goodman Institute Health Blog

Tuesday Links

Posted on July 16, 2024July 16, 2024 by John C. Goodman

The Surgeon General is wrong: Social media is not like tobacco.
These are tough times for the Columbian village whose only product is cocaine. (NYT)
More on organ aging.
Have you ever wondered where Congress got the constitutional power to make smoking marijuana illegal?
“There is no such thing as a profitable public digital health company in the mainstream of care delivery or even insurance–unless of course you count Optum. Which means there’s almost certainly no profitable VC-backed private company either.”

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Tuesday Links

Posted on July 9, 2024July 9, 2024 by John C. Goodman

A pill to treat alcoholism exists.
Why is there shortage of pediatricians? Because they get paid less than every other specialty. (NYT) I will have more to say about this in the future.
“Nothing correlates more with homelessness rates than high housing costs. And nothing drives up housing costs like government restrictions on building housing.”
Are there so many cesarean births in December because that lowers the parents’ income taxes? From a tax perspective, “A New Year’s Eve baby is better than a New Year’s Day baby.”

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Tuesday Links

Posted on July 2, 2024July 2, 2024 by John C. Goodman

There are no health benefits from taking multivitamins daily. The study covered 390,124 generally healthy adults who were followed for more than 20 years.
Doctors are using Apple Watch to monitor abnormal heart rhythm – without FDA approval. (WSJ)
Study: For low back pain, try walking.
What do you do when your employee wants to take a leave of absence to get pregnant and have a baby? Offer to pay the cost of freezing her eggs instead. (NYT)
Jason Furman: The employment level for native-born workers is … below its pre-pandemic level, while foreign-born workers have accounted for all employment gains … since 2019. WOW.

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Tuesday Links

Posted on June 25, 2024June 24, 2024 by John C. Goodman

Cost of extending Obamacare enhanced subsidies: CBO and the JCT estimates:
- Direct cost to taxpayer over the next 10 years: $383 billion.
- Increase in interest payments on the federal debt that would arise from the larger deficit: —$48 billion
- 31 percent of the total cost will go to individuals with incomes over 400 percent of the federal poverty level, including those making as much as $599,000 a year.
- Cost of subsidies to illegal immigrants would reach $11 billion.
Singer: If opiates are killing Americans, why won’t the FDA approve alternatives that are available in other countries.
Claim: Fasting can help with Type 2 Diabetes. (speculative)
The cause of most global deaths: heart disease.

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