- Highest paying specialties: orthopedics and orthopedic surgery: $611,000, cardiology: $575,000, and radiology: $571,000.
- Why are 90% of people right-handed? (Forbes)
- Cigna leaves Obamacare. Only 2 of the last 12 years were profitable.
- David Friedman explains adverse selection.
- The ratio of national debt (held by the public) to GDP passed 100% for the first time since World War 2.
Category: Policy & Legislation
Don’t Close the Door on Immigrant Doctors Willing to Work in Underserved Areas
Even the most die-hard immigration opponents should not complain about doctors, who invested vast amounts of their own time, effort, and money into medical training, hoping to practice their skills here. This is especially true if they are willing to work in underserved areas.
Americans think both Congress and the government suck
Here’s an anomaly for you: Although Americans regularly express pride in our country, they increasingly disapprove of our government, including the presidency and especially Congress. And who can blame them? Washington is doing a terrible job.
Vox: Medicaid and Food Stamps are Not Corporate Welfare
Medicaid is held up as an example of corporate welfare. Purportedly Walmart and Amazon are costing taxpayers billions of dollars annually by paying their workers too little. Food stamps (SNAP program) are sometimes also held up as evidence of corporate welfare. It is, but not how you think. SNAP boosts profits at retail stores that sell food. It does not subsidize wages. The flawed logic of these arguments is that Walmart and Amazon can pay workers less because low-income families have access to welfare benefits.