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Wednesday Links

Posted on September 25, 2024September 25, 2024 by John C. Goodman

“If you like your doctor, you can keep your doctor.” Here is what that means today if you are covered by Centene, the largest provider of Obamacare insurance in the country.

Why the British economy is stagnating: “It is difficult to build almost anything, anywhere.”

Most anti-smoking drugs don’t work and the drug companies aren’t anxious to develop new ones. Overly strict FDA regulations are partly to blame. (STAT News)

New York’s Covid tsar spent the pandemic preaching social distancing while attending raves and sex parties.

“Healthcare is a centrally controlled market. It is both a monopoly—sole control of supply—and a monopsony—single determinant of demand.”

1 thought on “Wednesday Links”

  1. Bart Ingles says:
    September 25, 2024 at 4:06 pm

    I used clonidine in the late 1980s as a combination anti-hypertensive and anti-smoking aid. My instructions were to take the prescribed dose for blood pressure, and then to double up when I was ready to stop smoking. It worked for me, and I was able to reduce the dosage after a couple of weeks. I later graduated to a more common blood pressure med.

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