Wednesday Links

High obesity rates are associated with low wages and income inequality, racism and residential segregation, food insecurity and the food environment.

What gets lost in IVF:

Either we filter out 99%+ of sperm and let the rest compete in an artificial environment, or technicians just pick one based on how it looks. The second method, which has almost no selection mechanism, is the default way of doing IVF, making up about three-quarters of all cases.

Response to the elimination of 2,000 billing codes? (Statnews)

Over the past few years, the Medicare markets have become an increasingly feverish game of hot potato — with Humana, CVS Health’s Aetna, and now UnitedHealthcare altering benefits and drug formularies with the intention of pushing their sicker, costlier customers to choose a competitor’s plan.

Effect of IRA drug price controls: Since its passage, companies have halted at least 55 research programs and abandoned 26 medicines.  (WSJ)