- CBO: the amount we are spending to eliminate poverty is twice as much as the federal poverty level.
- Brooke Rollins is tackling bird flu.
- Jeff Bezos on changes at the Washington Post: “We are going to be writing every day in support and defense of two pillars: personal liberties and free markets.”
- Heritage: Needed changes in Medicaid.
- AEI “audits” DOGE’s savings at the Education Department.
Category: Affordable Care Act
WSJ: Patients Losing Trust in their Doctors
The Wall Street Journal reports that people don’t trust their doctors like they once did. In one anecdote, a physician said her relatives do not seek her out to ask her for medical advice like they used to. The writer concluded that patients’ trust in the health care system has fallen in recent years and physicians are no exception.
Why is Price Gouging Allowed in Health Care?
What should be done about price gouging? What constitutes price gouging? There is no official definition, but we all know it when we see it. I have often said that during my lifetime medicine has turned into a gold rush. By that I mean some medical providers test the limits of how much they can charge with little regard for ethics or fairness.
Tuesday Links
- AEI study: Food stamp reform can save $31 billion a year.
- Does money cause happiness; or do happy people earn more money?
- Fifty-five percent of single Americans feel pessimistic that they will ever find a long-term partner.
- Forecast: By 2100, 54 percent of the world’s babies will be born in sub-Saharan Africa.