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Saturday Links

Posted on December 27, 2025December 26, 2025 by John C. Goodman

Obamacare light: “this cautious approach will make it difficult to argue Republicans have a plan to lower costs for the majority of American consumers.”

Against Republican Food Stamp restrictions. (I don’t agree. In most states you usually must certify your status weekly or bi-weekly to keep receiving Unemployment Compensation.)

Senate Republican health plan:  Eligible individuals age 18 to 49 with incomes below 700 percent of the federal poverty line would get $1,000 annually in 2026 and 2027, while those age 60 to 64 would get $1,500. Those amounts are far less than the $7,500 average deductible for bronze coverage in 2026 or the $10,600 required by the ACA’s catastrophic insurance plans.

Unique study of the benefits of college admission: cost-benefit calculations show internal rates of return of 26 percent for the students, 16 percent for society (which must pay for the additional education), and 7 percent for the government budget.

1 thought on “Saturday Links”

  1. Bob Hertz says:
    December 28, 2025 at 5:14 pm

    Thanks for posting the article by Capretta on Republican alternatives to the ACA. The association plans for small groups are interesting to me; I know a sales rep who works on these.

    If a small business has no druggies, no crazies, and no one with a chronic illness, they can band together with like companies and get cheaper health insurance.

    This is not pretty but it is inevitable. People perhaps should help pay for the bad health of others, but in practice they want to avoid doing so. Money is tight for working Americans.

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