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Tuesday Links

Posted on February 14, 2023 by John C. Goodman

Valentine fact of the day: one in four female physicians is married to another physician. It’s called “assortive mating,” and Charles Murray noted some time ago that it is one reason why we are “Coming Apart.” Call it “Cupid’s invisible hand.”
New York state drops masking rules for hospitals and nursing homes. But facilities can impose their own rules.
Infant mortality is twice as high among black mothers as among whites and this is true for rich women as well as the poor.
Climate change subsidies: it helps if you’re rich.
If the “abortion pill” is banned, there is an off-label use of another drug that will achieve the same result.
Art Laffer has a new book.

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Tuesday Links

Posted on February 7, 2023February 6, 2023 by John C. Goodman

Stunning new mask study: “We are uncertain whether wearing masks or N95/P2 respirators helps to slow the spread of respiratory viruses based on the studies we assessed.”
Scott Sumner: ChatGPT is confused about supply and demand; but so are most economists.
How dangerous is H5N1?
More details, including the role of minks.
How nature mummifies the dead: in bogs. Also, Steven Pinker is right: the past was more violent than the present. (NYT)
Only 25% of hospitals are fully compliant with federal price transparency rules, Some of the largest conglomerates are among the offenders.

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Tuesday Links

Posted on January 24, 2023January 24, 2023 by John C. Goodman

Paragon study: In 2023, the federal government is expected to spend 6.2 percent of the economy (or more than $1.6 trillion) on mandatory health programs. The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) estimates that within 30 years, the federal government will annually spend at least 9 percent of the economy on those programs. And this is a conservative estimate.
A little-noticed provision of the omnibus spending bill could give the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) the power to ban off-label use of approved therapies, even though 1 in 5 prescriptions written are for an off-label use.
Study: Laughter really is contagious – and that’s good. (WaPo)
Diversity training not only doesn’t work, it may actually backfire. So why are we spending $3.4B a year on it? (NYT)
Fourth Quarter lobbying: almost $7 million by the American Hospital Association and $6.6 million by PhRMA. As Milton Friedman said, the question is not why we get so many bad laws; the question is, why aren’t things worse?
Amazon will sell generic drugs for as little as $5 a month. But, no Medicare or Medicaid or private insurance.
25 of the 37 novel drugs approved in 2022, were first approved in the US.

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Tuesday Links

Posted on January 17, 2023 by John C. Goodman

America’s public hospitals are privatizing.
The Economist: Now is a bad time to have a heart attack. Hospitals around the world are having trouble meeting the demand.
Wokeness comes to medical schools: Instead of thinking, “How can my patients protect themselves against health problems?” the AAMC asks medical students to think, “What kind of public collective action is necessary to confront health inequity across identifiable populations?”
US cancer death rate is down by a third.
Having a friend is healthier than having a life partner; it’s even as important as diet and sleep. (WaPo)
Lottery winner gets $1.35B prize. The bulk of the prize money comes from below-average-income ticker buyers, of course, even though this lottery was created by liberal lawmakers in a liberal state. All of the critics who routinely remind us of the evils of inequality are saying …. hum … not much of anything.

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