Why the FDA Didn’t Approve Obesity Drug, Raw Milk, and Is Your Spouse Really Your Spouse?
Why is it so hard for the FDA to approve an anti-obesity drug? Because no drug can be as safe as exercise and watching your diet.
New York City infant mortality in 1914 was nearly one-quarter (24%) of all live births. More than two-thirds of infant deaths may have been due to unpasteurized milk.
Is your spouse really your spouse? Between two percent to five percent of spouses and dependants on the company health plan fit neither category.
The high infant mortality rate in turn-of-the-century New York City is rather astonishing. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention considers safe drinking water as one of the most important public health initiatives of the 20th Century in terms of improving health and saving lives. Apparently, safe milk is also very important.
Interesting that employers aren’t better at protecting themselves against people who are abusing their health care plans.
Ken, it’s still a lot better than the 10% fraud under Medicaid.
As Sam Peltzman explained many years ago, the FDA does not exist to maximize the health of the public.