1. Poetic justice. Shorter: states that had tight-fisted approaches to health care in general and medicaid in particular are worried about the burden imposed by the health care reform law. Longer: “But even with more federal help, the challenge for states like Alabama, Arkansas and Texas that now offer only limited Medicaid coverage will be […]
Tag: alcohol
It’s not suprising how the interests line up, but here’s a good account of why New York’s irrational policy of banning wine sales in grocery stores remains in place.
Following up on Dave’s observations regarding doubts about the health benefits of moderate drinking: (1) The politics of epidemiology are most obvious when you see people treat relatively weak c
The New York Times reports that “some scientists” dispute the link between moderate alcohol consumption and better health on a number of measures. The key is the causality question, of course: “No study, these critics say, has ever proved a causal relationship between moderate drinking and lower risk of death — only that the two often […]