Why you should care about the elasticity of supply for new drugs.
KFF: Weight loss drugs are driving up Obamacare premiums.
Is politics standing in the way of the best tool for handling meth addiction? (STAT – gated)
Category: Wednesday Links
Wednesday Links
- An argument against Pigouvian taxes or subsidies to correct “market failure.”
- The case for Pigouvian taxes.
- Too little or too much sleep is associated with dementia.
- “The sudden near-disappearance of vultures in India about two decades ago led to more than half a million excess human deaths over five years.” (NYT)
- The presence of wolves reduced vehicle collisions with deer by about a quarter, creating an economic benefit that was 63 times greater than the cost of wolves killing livestock.
- Housing in NYC: “They have simultaneously limited short-term rentals such as Airbnb, reducing the number of listings by 80 percent, while at the same time closing 55 affordable youth hostels and spending tax dollars to fill hotels with the homeless and foreign migrants.”
Wednesday Links
- David Friedman on tariffs. Excellent
- AHA opposes Biden’s tariffs on medical equipment, which create $650 million in increased costs to the U.S. medical industry.
- Arizona police arrested a woman for serving home-cooked meals to the hungry and the needy.
- Rather than education, welfare, or nutrition programs, three tax provisions are now the largest category of federal support for children – and over the years they have been on a perpetual rollercoaster.
- More on using foreign trained doctors to solve our physician shortage problem.
Wednesday Links
- Against the American Cancer Society.
- What to know about LDL cholesterol.
- A carpenter ant can amputate the injured leg of a fellow ant. (NYT)
- At the end of your life a family member (medical surrogate) is more likely to override your preference for life extending care if you have dementia.
- The Biden-Harris administration has added regulatory costs of more than $40,000 per household. Among the items that are more expensive: microwave ovens, conventional ovens, refrigerators, freezers, washing machines, dishwashers, clothes dryers, water heaters, air conditioners, ceiling fans, furnaces, boilers, heat pumps, lamps and light bulbs.