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Category: Wednesday Links

Wednesday Links

Posted on August 2, 2023August 1, 2023 by John C. Goodman
  • Age-adjusted deaths from cold are ten times greater than deaths from heat.
  • The first Generalist Medical AI system is out.
  • Nate Silver on left-wing bias in the media.
  • Is there anything wrong with having AI romantic partners? Apparently, yes.
  • During the Covid pandemic, some hospital ICUs were overloaded, while neighboring hospitals had excess capacity. Worst victims of the lack of market clearing mechanisms: Medicaid enrollees and Blacks.
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Wednesday Links

Posted on July 26, 2023July 26, 2023 by John C. Goodman
  • Lawsuit: Cigna algorithm rejects claims without a doctor even opening a patient’s records.
  • Report: CMS’ Medicaid inflation penalty will make generic drug shortages worse.
  • Virginia Medicaid paid at least $21.8 million on behalf of 12,054 enrollees after they were already dead.
  • An expensive trip: a medically approved, psychedelic renaissance is underway.
  • Did Gilead hold a promising HIV drug off the market in order to increase profits? (NYT) Economic theory would say no.
  • Australia has “virtually eliminated” HIV transmission in Sydney and elsewhere.
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Wednesday Links

Posted on July 19, 2023July 19, 2023 by John C. Goodman
  • Meta study: unemployment and underemployment lead to (mainly psychological) ill health.
  • Study: dual eligible MA “look alike” plans are threatening to undermine full service plans, even though they have only 1.4% of the market.
  • “We may be on the cusp of an era of astonishing innovation — the limits of which aren’t even clear yet.”  (NYT)
  • In medicine, the source of junk science often comes from the medical journals themselves.
  • ChatGPT-4 takes courses at Harvard. Gets a 3.34 GPA.
  • JAMA study: the U.S. maternal mortality rate — already the highest among peer nations — has increased for all racial and ethnic groups.
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Wednesday Links

Posted on July 12, 2023July 12, 2023 by John C. Goodman
  • California considers affirmative action for prison sentences.
  • Arnold Kling against marijuana.
  • “We propose a new priority review voucher program to incentivize competition in limited-competition, small molecule generics markets.”
  • Study: “We estimate that the recently proposed US price controls on drugs in the US would raise health care spending by $50.8 billion over a 20-year period.”
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