- The Democrat’s IRA bill is causing higher premiums for drug insurance and higher prices for drugs.
- New Yorkers can’t have robot cars because they threaten the jobs of taxi drivers.
- “The vast majority of academics ‘covering’ American health policy, and in charge of describing healthcare, are ideologues whose main goal is not to describe reality, but to fashion a story.”
- “Since the Gini coefficient of South Africa is about the same as the Gini coefficient of the world, South Africans are typically thinking about problems that are pretty close to the problems of the world as a whole.”
Category: Policy & Legislation
Friday Links – 10 April 2026
- Voting with their feet: the movement of people from Blue states to Red states.
- Blue states and Red states have essentially the same reading and math scores. But the Blue states are spending $7,000 more per student for the same results.
- Herbert Hoover’s food relief program saved as many as 4.4 million lives.
- Poll: 1 in 8 adults is taking GLP-1 drug for weight loss, diabetes, etc.
- Newsom’s request for federal Medicaid funds exceeds the entire budget of the state of Florida.
- How well weight loss drugs work may depend on your genes.
KFF: Health Care May be a Big Issue Come This November
This November midterm election could be a bloodbath for Republican candidates. The party that wins the White House tends to suffer more losses in the midterm election, especially if the campaign was acrimonious. President Trump’s divisive governing style is unlikely to be an advantage. War with Iran and picking trade fights with our allies does not help either.
Social Security’s Ticking Time Bomb
Winners in this year’s U.S. Senate races will have to address the problem.