- Rare earth mineral crisis explained.
- On average, US hospitals charge privately insured patients nearly 2.5 times what Medicare pays for the exact same service.
- Roughly 25% of the federal workforce could be trimmed with no loss of government services. (WSJ)
- Africa’s median age is 19. (NYT)
- AI regulation v. the First Amendment.
- Economic freedom and democracy are highly correlated across countries.
Author: John C. Goodman
Saturday Links
- 6,000 truckers could not pass an English reading test.
- Why Joe Klein is supporting Andrew Cuomo for mayor of NYC.
- How illegals get Medicaid health care in California and Oregon. (Scroll down to the middle section)
- How does a state get money from the new $50 Rural Health Transformation (RHT) program? The state’s odds improve if the state’s odds improve if it exempts non-nutritious items from its food stamp program, if it rolls back or eliminates certificate of need laws, and if it avoids Biden-type restrictions on short-term, limited duration heath insurance.
- Why the West took off 250 years ago and China didn’t.
- AEI: “What is a fair contribution? If the enhanced subsidies expire, the premium for a family of four earning $75,000 per year will rise to $5,865 – which is $3,368 more than if they are extended. To be sure, that family would feel the increase. But according to my calculations, average annual US health-care spending per household is around $37,000. From this perspective, that family may be getting a good deal.”
Obamacare Prices Have Already Become Public in Some States
Based on newly posted information:
- A family of four making $130,000 in Maine will face an increase of $16,100 in annual premiums.
- In Kentucky, a 60-year-old couple making $85,000 per year could face an increase of $23,700 in annual premiums.
- In Nevada, a similar couple could pay an additional $18,100 in annual premiums.
- In Minnesota, the cost for the couple might be $15,500 more.
- In Maryland, the cost might be an additional $13,700.
Source: New York Times