Tuesday Links – 27 January 2026

Posted on by John C. Goodman

California is the first state to join the WHO, after US exit.

Why the US left the WHO.

Study: people who eat five or more daily servings of ultra processed foods have an 82% higher risk of developing Crohn’s disease. 

Study: electronic health record issues were a potential contributor to diagnostic errors in about 61 percent of malpractice cases.

Study: Places that produce more health care spending per capita among the elderly do not produce higher life expectancy. On the margin, there is little or no “health return” to higher medical spending.

Fraud against government health-care programs is both common and costly.

Congressional Democrats defend health insurance companies.

Popcorn is actually a healthy diet choice; so is coffee and a moderate amount of salt.

Avalere: MFN drug pricing will have no effect on 99% of Medicare beneficiaries.

Value-based care has increased (rather than decreased) spending for the 11 million enrollees in Medicare ACO programs

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