Wednesday Links

Cato: Laws criminalizing the possession or sale of “drug paraphernalia” lead to avoidable diseases and death.

Blahous: To make Medicare solvent, we need a 26% increase in the payroll tax or a 20% cut in benefits.

Sherry Glied (who has a history of being wrong on health policy matters) says it’s time to get rid of HSAs.

A Trump rule that would have automatically scrapped health agency regulations if they weren’t assessed every 10 years is axed by Biden’s HHS.

More than 8 in 10 hospitals are flouting a federal rule requiring them to publish their prices.