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Category: Policy & Legislation

Saturday Links

Posted on May 3, 2025May 3, 2025 by John C. Goodman
  • Why elimination diets don’t always work.
  • Bizarre California regulation: hospitals are ordered to spend less money.
  • Noah Smith on what all the news outlets are getting wrong: Imports do not subtract from GDP.
  • What tax rate do billionaires face?
  • The case for the HOPE Act.
  • What’s wrong with Medicare’s “alternative payment models.”
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Friday Links

Posted on May 2, 2025May 1, 2025 by John C. Goodman
  • Arnol Kling on Autism
  • Traditional Medicare has a much larger improper payment rate than Medicare Advantage.
  • In defense of Biden era Medicaid rules.
  • Against Biden era Medicaid rules.
  • Is the Spanish government lying about the cause of the blackouts?
  • If AI invents a new drug, can it be patented?
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Trump Wants Americans to Have More Babies: It Won’t Work

Posted on May 2, 2025May 1, 2025 by Devon Herrick

President Trump wants to spur a Baby Boom. His proposals will be ineffective at best, while costly and counterproductive in the long run. Moreover, offering a $5,000 cash bonus to have an additional baby would create some perverse incentives.

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Thursday Links

Posted on May 1, 2025May 1, 2025 by John C. Goodman
  • HHS laid off 10,000 employees earlier this month.
  • Against tariffs on pharmaceuticals.
  • Bucking the trend: Peter Thiel is doing quite well under Trump.
  • Why the big drop in marriage rates among non-college educated women: lack of suitable men.
  • The US fertility rate is now 1.63.
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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.

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