- Can AI help DOGE eliminate thousands of regulations?
- “In an aging world, government may see medically aided death as a cost saver.”
- M.D. vs. D.O. Does it matter? (NYT)
- “In 2020, 66% of U.S. entitlement spending went to the 17% of the population aged 65 and older. That age cohort contributed only 11% of U.S. direct tax revenues.”
- Pet care costs are rising almost as fast as child care.
Category: Tuesday Links
Tuesday Links
- Do tariffs disproportionately hurt low-income households? Apparently not.
- “computer algorithms [will] soon be able to identify people not just by their faces, or fingerprints, or DNA — but by the unique ways they walk.”
- Approximately 67 percent of American women are considered “plus-size.”
- Organ transplants: (NYT)
A surgeon made an incision in her chest and sawed through her breastbone. That’s when the doctors discovered her heart was beating. She appeared to be breathing. They were slicing into Ms. Hawkins while she was alive…..
Fifty-five medical workers in 19 states told The Times they had witnessed at least one disturbing case of donation after circulatory death. Workers in several states said they had seen coordinators persuading hospital clinicians to administer morphine, propofol and other drugs to hasten the death of potential donors.
Tuesday Links
- Why are some countries rich and others poor?
- What if a drop of an infant’s blood can warn of the risks of incurable diseases later in life. Should we do the tests? Should the parents be told? Experts aren’t sure. (NYT)
- Some 47% of Oregonians who have pursued “death with dignity” listed fear of being a burden as a motivation. (WSJ)
- Avik Roy: Put Medicaid enrollees in the (Obamacare) exchange plans.
- California uses drones to detect and fine people who set off and launch 4th of July fireworks.
Tuesday Links
- As of 2021, the were 50 million slaves in the world. You can buy a Black woman in Sudan for $15.
- Mary Anastasia O’Grady: Zohran Mamdani is just like Fidel Castro, Juan Perón and, Hugo Chávez. (WSJ)
- Most “transgender” kids grow up to be gay. (WSJ)
- Behind the latest jobs report: Private-sector job creation was at a standstill in the majority of the economy.
- CMS plans to increase payments to MA plans by more than double what the Biden administration proposed.