- How AARP profits from rising Medicare costs.
- Biggest wealth transfer in US history.
- New PEW results: 40 percent of Americans — and half of adults under the age of 50 — get medical and/or wellness information from social media accounts
- Trump loosens restrictions on foreign doctor immigrants.
- Steuerle: Why the US has so much debt.
- In covert tests, TSA has done poorly. Testers reportedly got mock explosives or banned weapons through checkpoints in 67 of 70 tests, a 95% failure rate.
Category: Authors
Friday Links – 8 May 2026
- “I’ve spent the past two months diving into the numbers. What I found was the most blatant waste of federal dollars that I have encountered in my two decades as an investigative reporter.”
- As of last April, 35 states and the District of Columbia had some form of certificate of need mandate in place.
- More than 40% of the overall increase in health expenditures in recent years has gone to the hospitals.
- CEA on Trump’s MFN drug program: “Over 10 years, total savings are expected to reach $64.3B, with $36.6B accrued to the federal government, and $27.6B to state governments.”
Tackle Widespread Food Stamp Waste, Fraud and Abuse
The USDA recently began an initiative to battle food stamp fraud and abuse. Existing loopholes in federal regulations require no asset test to qualify. Thus, recipients can live in large houses and drive luxury cars but still qualify for the SNAP program if their income appears low enough on paper. According to the Secretary of Agriculture, 14,000 individuals from just one red state drive luxury cars, including three Bentleys, three Ferraris, three Lamborghinis, 59 Maseratis and 141 Porsches.
Thursday Links – 7 May 2026
- ChatGPT tells a teenager how many people he needs to kill and wound in order to get national attention. It also tells him how to use his weapon. (WSJ)
- One in six adults are reportedly taking selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRI) for depression.
- Study: AI outperforms human doctors.
- Is Trump’s FDA hiding research findings showing that the covid and shingles vaccines are safe?
- Wealthier is healthier.