- In going after antisemitism at Columbia, is Bobby Kennedy getting out of his lane?
- 26 GOP members of the House are in districts where 30% or more of the population is on Medicaid.
- Only 17% of voters want to cut Medicaid spending.
- USDA: It gives well over $20 billion a year to mainly well-off farmers.
- Even among mice and other mammals, females live longer than males.
Category: Medicaid
NYT: Republicans Generally Support Medicaid if Enrollees Work for It
Georgia is the first state to adopt work requirements for Medicaid enrollment among adults. Critics say it is off to a rocky start, while proponents say it’s working as designed. Very few people are going to the trouble of providing proof they are working or trying to find work. Policy analysts on the Left dismissed the idea draconian, difficult to enforce and a barrier to care for those who need it. Proponents argue anyone asking for public support should show some evidence they are trying to support themselves.
Public Health Was Never About Medicine
Public health has a long history of success. Sanitation is chief among them. Yes, sanitation reduced disease.
Read more at: Where did U.S. public health go wrong? The article was originally published in Undark.
Thursday Links
- Estimates of the percentage of Medicare costs that arise from patients in the last year of life range from 13% to 25%, with the latest estimates tending toward the higher number.
- RFK Jr. has become pro-vaccine.
- “Under the TCJA, each income group received a tax cut, but the highest-income groups received the smallest cuts relative to their total tax burden.”
- Less than half of Medicaid recipients work enough to comply with a work requirement.
- Ken Thorpe on why the IRA bill could hurt chronic patients.
- It’s been a long time since we have seen an execution buy firing squad. (WaPo) I’ve always thought it is the manly way to go.