Thursday Links

A Fauci aide who taught a coworker how to destroy government records to avoid complying with FOIA requests is taking the Fifth before a congressional committee.

The real issue in the port workers strike is not wages, it’s automation.

Why McDonald’s burgers taste better (different?) outside the US.

The nanny state: number of US  counties in which government transfers are more than 25% of personal income.

Humana tumbles as insurer faces $3 billion hit to revenue over lower Medicare star ratings  (Statnews)

Medicaid is no longer for the poor: Enrollment as a percentage of the U.S. population has more than tripled, rising from around 8% in the late 1980s to nearly 27% by 2022, while the poverty rate remained relatively stable.