- A theory of why there are food deserts. (speculative)
- Tyler Cowen’s skepticism about assisted dying in the UK.
- Why Bernie Sanders is wrong: 60% of Americans do not live “paycheck-to-paycheck.”
- Every ethnic group believes that America is “the greatest country on earth,” including 75% of Hispanic and 58% of blacks. The only group that doesn’t believe that are white liberal elites (31%).
- The downside of weight loss drugs: to keep your weight off, you have to stay on the drugs forever.
Category: Wednesday Links
Wednesday Links
- Making HSAs more accessible for gig workers.
- Key to Trump’s goal of 3% growth: deregulation.
- How good are randomized control trial studies?
- Thirteen reanalyses (35%) led to interpretations different from that of the original article, 3 (8%) showing that different patients should be treated; 1 (3%), that fewer patients should be treated; and 9 (24%), that more patients should be treated.
- Biden proposes to cover weight loss drugs. Ten-year cost: $25 billion for Medicare and $11 billion for Medicaid.
- Health policy opportunities for Trump.
Wednesday Links
- Mitch Daniels on a Harris poll: Three fourths of adults over the age of 50 were worried that Social Security would run out in their lifetime, One in five adults over 50 say they have no source of retirement income in addition to Social Security, and only 31 percent have a pension in addition to Social Security 10 years ago.
- Azar: Trump may be tougher than Biden on Medicare drug price negotiations. (InsideHealth Policy)
- Our fiscal problem: Social Security spending is projected to grow at 5.5 percent and Medicare spending at 7.0 percent versus the economy at 2.0 percent and revenue at 4.0 percent.
Wednesday Links
- The case against sports gambling.
- Pharma has a new ad targeting PBMs.
- RFK Jr.: 600 people at the National Institutes of Health will be fired on day one of Trump’s second term.
- RFK Jr.: “We’re not gonna take vaccines away from anybody.”
- Josh Barro on what’s wrong with Blue cities.
- Medicare Advantage plans sue CMS over star ratings. (Modern Healthcare)