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Author: Devon Herrick

NYT: Spending on Health Care Creates Jobs

Posted on July 7, 2025 by Devon Herrick

Medical prices rise three times the rate of consumer inflation, while medical expenditure consumes nearly one-fifth of our economy. A primary reason wage growth has stalled in recent years is because the cost of employer-sponsored health coverage has skyrocketed. The average cost for an employee health plan for a family is about $25,000 according to Kaiser Family Foundation

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Consumers are Dropping Obamacare Due to the Poor Value

Posted on July 3, 2025 by Devon Herrick

The Wall Street Journal reports Centene, a purveyor of Medicaid and Obamacare plans, is facing an earnings crunch as healthy Americans are dropping coverage because it is such a bad value.

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Medicaid is Not a Jobs Program; Cuts Would Only Slow Growth

Posted on July 1, 2025 by Devon Herrick

The Medicaid program was originally intended for poor people and low-income children. Refocusing Medicaid’s mission to better serve its core population would boost their access to care. It would hopefully encourage primary care through physicians’ offices rather than emergency rooms.

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Deregulation Made a Tech Breakthrough Possible: Glasses with Built-In OTC Hearing Aids

Posted on June 30, 2025 by Devon Herrick

Times have changed and technology has allowed hearing devices to become much smaller. The Wall Street Journal reports Nuance Audio – the company that owns Ray-Bans and LensCrafters – recently rolled out a new product that combines prescription eyeglasses with built-in OTC hearing aids. The photo of me is from Nuance Audio’s website, which allows consumers to try on their glasses virtually. 

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For many years, our health care blog was the only free enterprise health policy blog on the internet. Then, when the NCPA closed its doors, the health blog stopped as well.

During this five-year hiatus no one else has come forward to claim the space. So, my colleagues and I have decided to restart the blog in connection with the Goodman Institute. We invite you and others to use this forum to share your views.

John C. Goodman,

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