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Category: Cost of Healthcare

New reasons not to be depressed about depression

Posted on September 16, 2026 by Merrill Matthews

The number of adults being treated for depression has grown significantly over the last 10 years. And many patients have struggled to find an effective therapy that helps them manage the disease.

Fortunately, medical researchers are trying to address that problem. And President Trump’s effort to ramp up research into psychedelic treatments could provide a much-needed boost.

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The Employee Health Insurance Market is Crumbling Under Rising Costs

Posted on September 16, 2026 by Devon Herrick

Next year (2027) premiums are expected to rise by at least 10%. Some estimates put the increase at 14% to 18%. Employers increasingly find it difficult to shift the cost to workers, whose wages are stagnant and their medical bills significant. 

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Wednesday Links – 16 September 2026

Posted on September 16, 2026 by John C. Goodman
  • More men are single; and they are unhappy.
  • The importance of “Polanyi knowledge.”
  • How the AI industry is thinking about slowing the pace of AI development.
  • Update on the nursing shortage:  There are still plenty of registered nurses in the United States, enough to fill most empty positions, but there’s a shortage of jobs they’re willing to take.
  • Why America is running out of doctors.
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Tuesday Links – 15 September 2026

Posted on September 15, 2026September 14, 2026 by John C. Goodman
  • What they teach teachers in Grad school: progressivism.
  • Why aren’t the school systems of other states as good as good as Mississippi’s? Answer: Teacher unions.
  • For start-up companies, tax incentives matter.
  • Yglesias’s plan to control AL: It’s “all incredibly challenging and moderately unlikely.”
  • Best health care work places for innovators.
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For many years, our health care blog was the only free enterprise health policy blog on the internet. Then, when the NCPA closed its doors, the health blog stopped as well.

During this five-year hiatus no one else has come forward to claim the space. So, my colleagues and I have decided to restart the blog in connection with the Goodman Institute. We invite you and others to use this forum to share your views.

John C. Goodman,

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