- “SpaceX has filed with federal regulators to launch up to a million satellites for its own orbital data-center network…”
- Best quote I have seen on the challenges of space: Andy Weir in The Martian, “Everything out there is trying to kill you.”
- Matthew Holt: Fifty-six percent of Americans rate the quality of care as “poor” or “fair,” and 90% believe we’re overpaying for it.
- Nurse practitioners are filling America’s doctor shortage: Their ranks grew 60% to 461,000 between 2019 and 2025.
Category: Health Insurance
Saturday Links – 16 May 2026
- The US is number 1 in the world in social spending as a percent of GDP. (Includes the value of tax expenditures as well as direct public spending,) (HT: Tyler)
- The case for school choice: results from Florida.
- About 40% of the 70 million people enrolled in Medicare meet the clinical definition of obesity.
- The federal government’s Medicaid spending in California is more than the general fund budget of every other state.
Single Payer is an Issue in California Governor’s Race
What are the differences between Single Payer, Medicare for All and Universal Coverage? Universal coverage is merely a system where everyone is covered. Obamacare was supposed to be universal coverage because it initially included an individual mandate. Medicare is a type of universal coverage for seniors. Medicare for All would expand eligibility down from age 65 to 0. Medicare for All would require the federal government to expand the program, with states playing a supporting role. It would not necessarily be the same program that exists today, except in name.
We can’t afford to let Democrats lead health care ‘reform’
The battle over Big Insurance is only beginning. If Republicans fail to lead, Americans may once again be left with Democrats’ same failed formula: more bureaucracy, more complexity and less control.