- Why 50 million Americans wake up in the night to urinate.
- “The median H-1B worker earns $130,075 per year (the 91st percentile nationally), meaning that the average H-1B household makes a net federal fiscal contribution that’s 2.6 times as much as the typical American household’s.”
- Should stay-at-home moms get a federal child care subsidy?
- Covid school closings are still affecting scores worldwide.
Category: Thursday Links
Thursday Links – 3 September 2026
- Mark Cuban: hospitals don’t know their costs.
- RFK, Jr: Health care providers, insurers and health technology companies paid the AMA more than $300 million last year for permission to use its Current Procedural Terminology (CPT) codes. (InsideHealthPolicy)
- Why NYC has a housing problem: Between 1998 and 2026, there were 3,364 new laws affecting housing in the city.
- Why we need skilled immigrants.
Thursday Links – 27 August 2026
- “In 2026 alone the federal government will borrow about $15,000 per household to cover the share of spending not covered by taxes.”
- BMJ study: One in four NFL players suffers from brain disease.
- Did Republicans cut Medicaid?
Even after taking into consideration the policy changes in last year’s budget reconciliation bill, CBO’s projections for Medicaid spending in the coming decade … are over $250 billion higher than in June 2024, the final year of the Biden presidency.
Thursday Links – 20 August 2026
- America is experiencing its biggest prescription drug price deflation in generations.
- The good news: New CMS guidance requires Medicaid and CHIP, Medicare Advantage and exchange insurers to post certain metrics, such as a list of all services requiring prior authorization, to the plans’ public-facing websites in an easily accessible location.
- The bad news: More needs to be done.
- Two approaches to fixing Medicaid.
- Why have prescription drug prices seen the biggest drop in 60 years?
- LLMs size you up. If it thinks you are low socioeconomic status and you ask about travel options, it may filter out more expensive flights – without you asking it!