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.
Category: Medicaid
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.
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.
Tackle Widespread Food Stamp Waste, Fraud and Abuse
The USDA recently began an initiative to battle food stamp fraud and abuse. Existing loopholes in federal regulations require no asset test to qualify. Thus, recipients can live in large houses and drive luxury cars but still qualify for the SNAP program if their income appears low enough on paper. According to the Secretary of Agriculture, 14,000 individuals from just one red state drive luxury cars, including three Bentleys, three Ferraris, three Lamborghinis, 59 Maseratis and 141 Porsches.