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Category: News and Events

Mandated Autism Therapy Has Led to High Costs, Waste and Abuse

Posted on May 25, 2026 by Devon Herrick

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.

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Monday Links – 25 May 2026

Posted on May 25, 2026 by John C. Goodman
  • Robert Woodson, RIP
  • An argument for seed oils. (Statnews)
  • Five metrics that help predict how long you will live.
  • Arnold Kling on teacher unions: “The more evil they become, the more powerful they become, and the more evil they become.”
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Drugged Driving is Hard to Detect, Hard to Stop and Ensnares Innocent People

Posted on May 24, 2026May 22, 2026 by Devon Herrick

Driving under the influence has not gone away but there is a new problem: drugged driving. Drugged driving has been around for decades, but it is becoming an issue now that many states have approved recreational and medicinal marijuana.

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Saturday Links – 23 May 2026

Posted on May 23, 2026May 22, 2026 by John C. Goodman
  • The IPCC recants: It now admits the most extreme projections “have become implausible.”
  • Wine effects you more  when you drink it on a plane.
  • Why child care is so expensive.
  • Strategies for dealing with allergies.
  • In Arizona, children raised by single mothers are about three times more likely to be poor than children raised by married parents.
  • Naomi Schaefer Riley rebuts two arguments in favor of cannabis.
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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.

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