- The Treasury’s Do Not Pay system, designed to catch erroneous payments before the money goes out the door, is underutilized and underequipped,
- Neurologists study: true adulthood for humans occurs at age 32.
- Honey remains edible for 3,000 years.
- Bad news on the Cassidy/Kaine Social security reform plan.
- Update on the worldwide fertility crisis.
Category: Health Insurance
Mandated Autism Therapy Has Led to High Costs, Waste and Abuse
The prevalence of autism diagnoses has increased in recent years as autism awareness has risen. Developmental and behavior deficits are often attributed to autism. Autism is a spectrum. Symptoms vary from slight to severe. States and the federal Medicaid program began to require coverage for autism therapy. Private equity has taken notice and began to invest. As a result, autism clinics – much of the therapy paid by Medicaid – have sprung up all over the country.
Friday Links – 22 May 2026
- Fracking has saved US consumers $3 to $4 trillion.
- Trump out-of-pocket limit for bronze plans in 2027: $15,600 for an individual and $27,600 for a family in 2027. (What are they thinking???)
- Are we underestimating health care productivity gains?
- Evidence that immigrant labor adds to the workforce and output and does not substitute for domestic labor or domestic labor output.
- Using ice may make pain last longer.
- Even when crime falls in America, it still generally leaves us about 5x as violent as Europe.
- Unbelievable: California Medicaid coves exorcisms.
Tuesday Links – 19 May 2026
- “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.