Thursday Links – 26 March 2026

Study: A 10 percentage point increase in Medicare Advantage penetration is associated with a 1.5% decrease in total Medicare spending.

CBO data: “Despite historically unprecedented economic gains for low-income Americans, more of them are dependent on government assistance than at any point in the country’s history.”

Red states are gaining population. “Conspicuous among the losers are Illinois, California, and New York – a trifecta of big government, big government spending, and high taxes.”

UnitedHealthcare now gets more than three-quarters of its revenues from Uncle Sam, even though it covers almost twice as many people in its private, commercial plans sunce the onset of Obamacare.

What if AI could not only diagnose, but also write prescriptions? (Forbes)

Delta: members of Congress no longer get to skip the  TSA waiting lines.  (Forbes)