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Monday Links

Posted on June 5, 2023June 5, 2023 by John C. Goodman

Why the new food stamp work requirements matter.

Republicans have been as bad as Democrat’s when it comes to federal regulations.

How much do you like your job? 9 of 10 workers would give up a quarter of their lifetime earnings to do meaningful work. (WSJ)

Johns Hopkins study: less than 10% of Texas hospitals ever sued a patient for an unpaid bill. Even in those cases, the hospitals’ recovery was scanty and half the time the patients didn’t even show up at the hearing.

But here is an exception: A rich nonprofit hospital denies care to patients who don’t pay their bills. (NYT)

Noah Smith: there is a need for libertarianism after all. HT: Tyler

1 thought on “Monday Links”

  1. Bob Hertz says:
    June 7, 2023 at 7:45 am

    Thanks for the two postings about unpaid medical bills. Both were well-written.

    Regarding the Texas hospitals:

    – note that fact that most of the hospitals surveyed want nothing to do with hardball debt collection. They would rather take some small losses versus getting into the collection fray.

    – I find it repulsive that unpaid medical debt should be increased by interest charges. Just my moral preference, I guess.

    – I also wonder how the lawyers who work to collect medical debts can sleep at night. Takes all kinds….

    Regarding the Allina collections in Minnesota….(where I live)…..

    I visited an Allina clinic myself on May 15. My co-payment was $30.
    I got an email and a text last week reminding me to pay up. Give it a break!!!

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