- Health advocacy groups: the unwinding of the health emergency Medicaid coverage rules could be a “health equity and civil rights disaster.” InsideHealthPolicy (gated)
- Ruling from the nanny state: FDA okays dogs at outdoor dining.
- Study: What If tax-subsidized, employer-provided health insurance were instead financed by a universal payroll tax? The wages of college-educated workers would be 11% lower and those of non-college workers would be 3% higher.
Category: Wednesday Links
Wednesday Links
- Florida had one of the nation’s least restrictive COVID responses, but its age-adjusted COVID mortality rate was 8% lower than the median state. Florida’s in-person schooling rate, which positively correlates with better test scores, was among the best in the country.
- Republicans want people who get Food Stamps and Medicaid to work.
- Senate report: Covid probably came from lab.
- Former DNI John Ratcliffe: A lab leak is the “only explanation” for Covid.
- Biden’s taxes on investment could reach 86%.
- Study: Hospital cash prices were lower than the median commercial (insurance company) negotiated rate 47 percent of the time.
- Should AI bot workers be taxed – just like humans?
Monday Links
- Tax Policy Center: 43 percent of married couples pay more in taxes (averaging $2,064) for being married; another 43 percent pay less (averaging $3,062). Black couples are more likely to pay more.
- Is ice cream healthy for you?
- Woke health: NY The planning to require a “health equity assessment” opening a new facility or slashing or consolidating existing services.
- Doctors got bonuses to give patients the Covid vaccine.
- Why we have crime: the average person sent to jail in 2014 had 10.3 previous arrests (median 8) and 4.3 previous convictions (median 3)!
Wednesday Links
- Biden reverses course: ends the National Covid-19 Emergency. Says he still opposes the change.
- Was the Pfizer Covid vaccine properly vetted?
- Study: Competition with Medicare Advantage plans makes traditional Medicare better.
- Third Party Tracking: What happens when you go into the hospital is not just between you and the hospital.
- RFK, Jr. is suing top-ranking U.S. officials, alleging collusion with Facebook, Google, and Twitter to censor social media platforms, re Covid.