- Because of a “Covid Emergency,” 150 members of the house were able to vote remotely on the IRA bill.
- Are progressives trying to destroy San Francisco’s status as “the best food city in the country”?
- Is hearing loss justification enough to end your life? Canada arguably has the world’s most permissive euthanasia rules.
- Why is Bill Kristol attacking Herschel Walker because he sought mental health care?
- Does it matter what time of day you take your meds? Apparently.
Author: John C. Goodman
Friday Wrap Up
President Biden listens to Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer before signing the Chips Act at the White House, Aug. 9. PHOTO: EVAN VUCCI/ASSOCIATED PRESS Reminds me of Augustine’s prayer about chastity Part of the problem is that some of the bill’s promised price cuts don’t kick in for years. Killing the 5% coinsurance for Medicare recipients…
Thursday Links
- Social Security’s online Benefits Calculator – don’t rely on it.
- How the FDA makes decisions: ruling first, evidence later.
- Something parents might want to read before they get a Covid vaccine for their kids.
- Why does the new IRA bill create medical benefits for millionaires, while doing nothing for 2 million low-income adults in a “coverage gap”—too poor to claim credits on the Obamacare exchanges, but ineligible for Medicaid?
- Bats can prolong their lifespans by hibernating. Could that work for humans?
- Study finding we already knew: higher income people spend more on health care.
Wednesday Links
- Tyler Cowen: Given the incredibly good return we are getting on drugs, shouldn’t we be spending more on pharmaceutics, not less?
- Republicans need an alternative to drug price fixing. I’ve given them a good start.
- The very worst health care provisions in the IRA bill.
- Life is a bitch, if you have diabetes.
- Claims about Covid: It was CCP biological warfare.