The newly created “Trump accounts” began on the Fourth of July. If the accounts move the country toward private Social Security accounts, as the legislation’s sponsor Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) suggests, it will be one of President Trump’s most consequential positive (as opposed to his numerous negative) economic policies.
Category: Health Economics & Costs
Tuesday Links – 21 July 2026
- From 2010 to 2024, healthcare visits for symptoms of depression and anxiety increased by 66% among girls and women and 54% among boys and men.
- Why physicians are perpetually underpaid by Medicare.
- Why building luxury housing is good for the poor.
- Radical idea: the Promise Act would require Congress to do something about the fact that Social Security is running out of money.
Why the U.S. Health Care System Does Not Focus on Prevention
The U.S. health care system is a mess. Health care system is characterized by inputs rather than outcomes. Health care is reactive. The vast majority of health expenditures are to treat sickness. Every service has a code. Billing codes for services performed on patients are sent to your insurance plan. Primary care physicians are the gatekeepers to more advanced care.
Monday Links – 20 July 2026
- Insurers reject attempts to prescribe expensive drugs one third of the time.
- New Jersey will be the first state to impose an annual fine on employers who employ workers enrolled in the state’s Medicaid program.
- The many prices of Ozempic.
- Many peer countries have higher crime rates than the US.
- “The lobotomy may be the most harmful, infamous, evil ‘treatment’ in the history of modern medicine.”