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Wednesday Links – 11 February 2026

Posted on February 11, 2026February 10, 2026 by John C. Goodman
  • Food stamp fraud.
  • “In what some experts deem one of the largest examples of Medicare waste in history, Medicare spending on wound care products known as “skin substitutes” skyrocketed from $256 million in 2019 to over $10 billion in 2024.”
  • The city enjoying a Super Bowl parade:
    • More than 35% of office and retail space downtown sits vacant, with even some prime waterfront properties sitting empty.
    • The region lost 12,900 jobs last year, the first annual decline since the recession of 2009.
    • It also has the highest inflation rate of any major metro region in the country with consumer prices soaring 29% from 2021 through 2025.
  • California taxes on Super Bowl players:

The quarterback for the Seahawks, Sam Darnold, faces a California tax bill exceeding $200,000, which more than cancels out the $188,000 payment he (and every other member of the Seahawks) will receive from the NFL for being the winner.

  • RFK, Jr: AI will outperform doctors.
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Pharma Study of the 340B Program

Posted on February 10, 2026February 10, 2026 by John C. Goodman
  • In a conservative estimate, 340B providers pocketed over $1 billion in marked-up charges to state employee health plans. When including teachers and other state and local public employees, these marked-up charges ballooned up to $1.8 billion.
  • Across the country, there are patients enrolled in employee health plans that pay more in out-of-pocket costs than their 340B provider paid to buy the same medicine. These overcharges totaled about $44M nationwide.

Source:  https://www.iqvia.com/locations/united-states/library/white-papers/the-cost-of-340b-to-state-employee-health-plans

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Monday Links – 9 February 2026

Posted on February 9, 2026 by John C. Goodman
  • What happens when you quit sugar?  (Video)
  • Hims & Hers is selling a Wegovy knockoff pill for $49. Novo Nordisk is suing.
  • Update on Medicare price negotiations.
  • War on poverty update: while poverty fell significantly from 1939 to 1963, the rate of decline was no greater following 1964.  Also, almost all of the poverty decline among children and working-age adults was achieved through higher market incomes instead of government support.
  • Are CMS star ratings for nursing homes useless?
  • Poor people now get about three-fourths of their “income” from government handouts. Back in 1979, the poor actually earned about two-thirds of their income from jobs.
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Goodman on Health Policy

Posted on February 5, 2026February 5, 2026 by John C. Goodman

Why both parties missed an opportunity to reform Medicaid. Why they missed an opportunity to reform the Obamacare exchanges. Why partisanship is the biggest obstacle to sensible health reform.
Watch Dr. Goodman’s talk to the Public Affairs Luncheon Club in Dallas.

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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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