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Tuesday Links

Posted on July 16, 2024July 16, 2024 by John C. Goodman

The Surgeon General is wrong: Social media is not like tobacco.

These are tough times for the Columbian village whose only product is cocaine. (NYT)

More on organ aging.

Have you ever wondered where Congress got the constitutional power to make smoking marijuana illegal?

“There is no such thing as a profitable public digital health company in the mainstream of care delivery or even insurance–unless of course you count Optum. Which means there’s almost certainly no profitable VC-backed private company either.”

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  1. Devon Herrick says:
    July 16, 2024 at 1:42 pm

    No such thing as a profitable digital health company: One problem is that too many patients don’t want to visit a doctor who is not covered by their insurance. There is also too many digital health companies who don’t want to operate a cash business. Basically, third party payment has so destroyed the market that a digital health company has a hard time staying in business despite a good service.

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