Supposedly this issue is right now before the Supreme Court. But, this is not a hypothetical. It has already happened. Barack Obama ordered the assassination of Osama bin Laden. It was carried out by US special forces.
California to Spend $500 Million on Mental Health Apps for Teens
The state of California has committed up to $500 million over four years on mental health apps to benefit teens. Many mental health advocates worry that taxpayers will not get their money’s worth nor young Californias get the care taxpayers are funding. Early signs are not encouraging. Advocates say the rollout has been slow and utilization low. So far, only about 0.1% of eligible young people have signed up.
Tuesday Links
- A Medicare reform that is long overdue: when Medicare Advantage enrollees return to traditional Medicare, they shouldn’t be penalized in the medigap market.
- Robin Hanson responds to Scott Alexander: core medicine is effective but it appears that extra medicine (delivered in high spending areas) is not.
- San Francisco opens a $1.7 million public toilet. (NYT)
- Why it is so hard to know if there is a relationship between red meat and mortality.
- States with freer economies attract more immigrants from other states and have higher growth rates.
Four Key Health Reforms
- Stop overpaying hospitals by pursuing site-neutral payments in Medicare;
- increase efficiencies in Medicare Advantage payments as laid out in Paragon’s proposal;
- let the enhanced ACA subsidies to health insurers expire after 2025; and
- Stop discriminating against traditional Medicaid enrollees (low-income kids, pregnant women, and people with disabilities) by lowering the federal subsidy rate for ACA able-bodied, working-age expansion enrollees to the rate paid for traditional enrollees.