New York Times reporters Reed Abelson and Margot Sanger-Katz have managed to set a high bar (even for the Grey Lady) for those who aspire to mislead readers on health economics. They manage (1) to assert that most major Medicare Advantage insurers have been sued for fraud; (2) to warn how bad that will be in the future as more seniors enroll in these plans; without (3) ever mentioning that there is even more fraud in regular Medicare – the alternative to MA plans.
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Why Ukraine is Winning the War and Why You Should Care
Lightweight, highly mobile, incredibly precise weaponry, called Himars, allows Ukrainian soldiers to destroy targets 40 miles away with pinpoint accuracy. All you need to make them functional is a laptop and the coordinates of the targets.
So how do they get the coordinates? I’m afraid they come from US intelligence, just as the weapons come from the US military. And that implies a level of American involvement that most Americans are probably unaware of.
More on Boys and Girls
The effects of free college:
Thanks to a group of anonymous benefactors, students educated in [Kalamazoo’s] K-12 school system receive paid tuition at almost any college in the state…. According to the evaluation team, women in the program “experience very large gains,” including an increase of 45% in college-completion rates, while “men seem to experience zero benefit.”
The cost-benefit analysis showed an overall gain of $69,000 per female participant — a return on investment of at least 12% — compared to an overall loss of $21,000 for each male participant. In short, for men, the program was both costly and ineffective.
Right to Treat: Big Brother wants to Control Care and Treatment Information
Governor Gavin Newsom recently signed legislation to allow the California state medical board to discipline doctors who its believes are spreading coronavirus misinformation during direct patient care. Penalties include the possibility of losing or suspending physicians’ medical licenses.
The bill, AB2098, states that any licensed physician or surgeon is committing “unprofessional conduct” if they disseminate “misinformation or disinformation” about the nature and risks of the virus, the prevention and treatment of COVID-19, and the development, safety and effectiveness of COVID-19 vaccines.