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.”