- 59 cents of every federal dollar is spent on social programs.
- The importance of GDP per capita.”
- “We find no statistically significant evidence that data-center presence, installed capacity, or capacity expansion predicts residential electricity-price inflation across extensive-margin, intensive-margin, fixed-effects, and timing specifications.”
- What to know about “synthetic cells.” (Vox)
- Should diabetes patients be able to sue food companies for their conditions.
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Saturday Links – 5 September 2026
- US health care spending has outpaced OECD spending since the passage of Obamacare.
- America is the only country where a majority of people think their fellow citizens are “morally bad.”
- Why are drug overdose deaths declining?
- How Trump’s latest pharma deals may undermine efforts to rein in drug costs.
- The Hospital at Home program is ready to scale.
The High Cost of Cancer Drugs
Cancer drugs are expensive. When Congress mandated unlimited benefits through the ACA, it virtually guaranteed that the sky would be the limit on pricing. Cancer survival has increased tremendously in the past few decades, but much of that increase is due to fewer Americans smoking, since lung cancer is both deadly and difficult to treat. While cancer drugs are getting better, the rise in cost has far outpaced the improvement.
Thursday Links – 3 September 2026
- Mark Cuban: hospitals don’t know their costs.
- RFK, Jr: Health care providers, insurers and health technology companies paid the AMA more than $300 million last year for permission to use its Current Procedural Terminology (CPT) codes. (InsideHealthPolicy)
- Why NYC has a housing problem: Between 1998 and 2026, there were 3,364 new laws affecting housing in the city.
- Why we need skilled immigrants.