Wednesday Links

“The U.S. recently surpassed the unfortunate milestone where all new federal revenue is already committed to specific spending priorities set in the law. Before Congress even appropriates a dime, the revenues have already been spent.”

What’s wrong with the British economy: “The nation is gripped by laws and customs that make essentials unacceptably scarce and drive up the cost of construction across the board.”

Why doesn’t health insurance typically cover sensor-based measures, collecting data from wearables and smart technologies, often continuously and outside the clinic?

Trump defunds the Obamacare navigators.  Beverly Gossage on the defunding:

Why pay unlicensed navigator associations that hire people with no insurance background to “help” people sign up with Obamacare when there are over 100,000 agents nationwide who are licensed, regulated, and ,,, who could do a better job of assisting them — with no tax payer dollars spent to fund them.