Why both parties missed an opportunity to reform Medicaid. Why they missed an opportunity to reform the Obamacare exchanges. Why partisanship is the biggest obstacle to sensible health reform.
Watch Dr. Goodman’s talk to the Public Affairs Luncheon Club in Dallas.
Category: Consumer-Driven Health Care
Thursday links – 5 February 2026
- Florida is the only state in the country the FDA has authorized to import prescription drugs. The problem: resistance from the Canadian government and the pharmaceutical industry.
- More policy volatility under Trump. Little evidence that it matters.
- Income-related Medicare premiums produce a 97,440 percent marginal tax rate. HT: David Henderson
- Why is Texas closing the door to foreign-trained doctors?
- Mamdani: New York City can’t cut 10% of the spending in the world’s most bloated municipal budget.
Who Can Use the Title Doctor? Titles are Contentious in Health Care
The title, doctor, carries a lot of prestige. Perhaps due to the prestige or to erect further barriers to entry, a few medical professions have elevated their training to a doctorate. Doctor of Pharmacy is now rather common for students graduating from pharmacy school. Doctor of Nursing Practice is the norm for new nurse practitioners. There is also a Doctor of Physician Therapy, Doctor of Audiology, Doctor of Chiropractic and Doctor of Psychology. What should these medical professionals call themselves?
Cato on 30 years of Immigration
Without immigrants, US government public debt at all levels would be at least 205 percent of gross domestic product (GDP)—nearly twice its 2023 level.
Source: Immigrants’ Recent Effects oh Government Budgets: 1994 – 2023