- The national gender pay gap is 17%. Among White House political employees, it is 20%.
- Why are gas stations selling so many drugs?
- Supreme Court justice Ketanji Brown Jackson got it wrong: there is no relationship- between the race of the doctor and the progress of the patient. (National Review)
- Can an AI robot substitute for a human mother? (WSJ)
- 23% of U.S. troops were characterized as obese during the COVID-19 pandemic. More than 1 in 10 are ineligible for service because of weight.
Category: Health Economics & Costs
Monday Links
- FDA backtracking: It’s OK for doctors to prescribe Ivermectin.
- NIH scientists (including Fauci) got millions in royalty payments.
- I bet you don’t know what a “standard medical deduction” is. (It helps you get food stamps.)
- The average wait to see a physician is 3½ weeks. At Lagone Health center in New York City, you can have a virtual visit whenever you need it.
- Patient dying of cancer says the FDA is keeping him from treatments that might save his life.
- Why are young liberals getting more depressed?
Should Medicare Pay for Cancer Screening in Healthy People? No but Seniors May Want to
A while back I wrote about Galleri, the holy grail of cancer screening tests, saying:
Cancer is usually treatable if caught early. The cancers that are the deadliest (such as pancreatic cancer) are lethal because they are difficult to catch early. Many deadly cancers have no symptoms until they’ve spread. About 90% of cancer deaths are due to metastatic cancer, that is cancer that has spread beyond the original location. In theory most cancer could be treatable if only it could be caught sooner, before it has a chance to spread.