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Monday Links

Posted on March 3, 2025March 3, 2025 by John C. Goodman
  • Ear mark hogs in the GOP: “the top 62 ear markers in the House were Republicans.  Eight of the 10 ear markers in the Senate were Republicans.”
  • California is getting rich off Medicaid.
  • Since 2013, the number of Americans living in poverty has fallen by 10 million, while Medicaid’s monthly enrollment has leaped from 54 million to 79 million.
  • GAO: “We estimated that the federal government could lose between $233 billion and $521 billion annually to fraud.”
  • How to do well at work:  “Higher conscientiousness and emotional stability and lower agreeableness levels enhance earnings and job stability.”
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Saturday Links

Posted on March 1, 2025March 1, 2025 by John C. Goodman
  • AAF fun fact of the day: Canada has 432 MRI machines, while the United States has roughly 13,000. Adjusting for population, the United States has roughly four times the number of MRI machines per capita.
  • Krugman: Why Republicans can’t afford to cut Medicaid benefits.
  • The incidence of the flu is approaching recon levels. Vaccination rates are down.
  • Argument: one-third of Medicare spending is waste.
  • Prices insurers pay for common medical procedures are all over the map.
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Wednesday Links

Posted on February 19, 2025February 18, 2025 by John C. Goodman
  • The more the NIH spends the less we gain in life expectancy.
  • Is NYU Langone Health “#1 for quality care in the U.S.”? That’s what they told us in an $8 million, 30-second Super Bowl ad.
  • How Tyler Cowen would reform the NIH.
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WSJ: Insurers Deny 850 Million Claims Annually, 1% are Appealed with 75% Success

Posted on February 14, 2025February 13, 2025 by Devon Herrick

The Wall Street Journal reports that health insurers deny 850 million claims a year. The small number of people who appeal often win.

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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.

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