Wednesday Links

Next year, the number of counties with only one company providing Obamacare will jump from 72 to 146.

Clinicians make over 100 million specialty referrals annually in the U.S., yet research shows that as many as half are never completed.

The United States currently recommends immunizing all children against 17 diseases. In Denmark it’s only 10. (NYT)

One in ten participants in Canada and Poland were persuaded to change their candidate preference after interacting with an AI chatbot tasked with converting them.

A new trend in Christmas gifts: health tracking devices. (WSJ)

“Some 50 million Americans struggle with drug and alcohol addiction… drug overdose is the leading cause of death for Americans between 18 and 45 years old.” (NYT)