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Thursday Links

Posted on July 4, 2024July 3, 2024 by John C. Goodman
  • The 21% corporate tax rate is permanent. Other parts of the 2017 tax bill expire next year.
  • How to lower the cost of Part B drugs: let Medicare Advantage plans do the negotiating.
  • Because of a questionable gimmick, California’s Medicaid program that will get $19.4 billion in additional federal funds. This is revenue other states will not get.
  • Give Walmart credit for lower insulin prices – not Trump or Biden.
  • Only about 60% of psychiatrists accept new Medicare patients, and just 43% accept new Medicaid patients. (STAT)   Plus, there is this:

“A psychiatrist could make more than double from seeing a patient and billing them directly rather than taking Medicare, and make three times as much compared to Medicaid.”

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NYT: Cliques, Mean Girls, Bullies and Aggression Are Common in… Nursing Homes

Posted on July 3, 2024 by Devon Herrick

High school kids are known to be petty, with cliques, mean girls, bullies, and various pecking orders. Most people would be surprised to discover that nursing homes have a lot in common with high school.

Arguments, verbal abuse and aggression are not unusual in elder care settings.
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Wednesday Links

Posted on July 3, 2024July 2, 2024 by John C. Goodman
  • Another state sues Pfizer over the covid vaccine.
  • Only 6 percent of federal workers are working full-time in their offices.
  • Academics reject McKinsey study claiming that racial and gender diversity boosted profits.
  • More likely to be Trump voters: “county-level data on life expectancy and the prevalence of obesity, diabetes, heavy drinking and regular physical activity (or lack thereof).”
  • National Review: When does Robert Hur get his apology?
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NYT: The End of Chevron is a Public Health Disaster

Posted on July 2, 2024 by Devon Herrick

The New York Times asked some public health advocates and legal experts what effect the Supreme Court’s repeal of the so-called Chevron Doctrine would have on public health. Apparently, the end of the Chevron Doctrine will hasten the End of the World! “We anticipate that today’s ruling will cause significant disruption to publicly funded health insurance programs, to…

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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.

John C. Goodman,

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