President Trump is railing against fraud in government health care programs like Medicare & Medicaid.

@CatoInstitute scholars Charles Silver (@UTexasLaw) & David Hyman (Georgetown Law) wrote the book on health care fraud.

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The Senate Budget Offers ‘Dessert First, Spinach Later’ | National Review It would perpetuate a system where politicians impose massive tax burdens on future generations to enrich today’s special interests.

The Senate budget is not a government-limiting measure.

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The Senate Budget Offers ‘Dessert First, Spinach Later’ | National Review It would perpetuate a system where politicians impose massive tax burdens on future generations to enrich today’s special interests.

While both bills epitomize “dessert now, spinach later” budgeting, the Senate bill appears even worse than the House bill.

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Thom Tillis Defends a Medicaid Scam | National Review North Carolina’s senator pledges not to vote for any budget unless it allows his state to keep fleecing you.

Now you tell me who the compassionate people in this debate are.

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22/22

Dr. @ashishkjha.bsky.social mentioned a study that claims ~700 rural hospitals could soon close.

Had he asked, I would have noted that @MedicarePayment found that when rural hospitals close, it's because patients don't want them (which means they *should* close).

#MedPAC #CatoHealth

4/4

For more on what the economics literature has to say about #Medicaid's effects (if any) on health outcomes, see my letter to the editor of the @wsj.com with Brian Blase.

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3/4

Does Medicaid Actually Improve Health? - A Moment in Health with Dr. Ashish Jha Dr. Ashish Jha and Michael Cannon discuss whether expanding Medicaid actually improves health outcomes at a population level and the need for better studies on the topic.

I discuss the differences between #HHS Sec. Kennedy's vaccines-cause-autism theory and the #Medicaid-causes-health theory in today's episode of the A Moment In Health podcast with @brownpublichealth.bsky.social dean Dr. @ashishkjha.bsky.social.

a-moment-in-health-w... #CatoHealth

2/4

🚨 Just one week left!

On Oct 24-25, the @CatoInstitute will hold its 3rd #CatoHealth Policy Workshop for master's & PhD candidates on topics relating to health policy.

Deadline to apply is Jun 30!

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1/4

Stop saying #Medicaid improves health.

You don’t know it’s true.

There’s ample reason to believe it isn’t—even if you can’t get your head around how.

The responsible thing is to call for more RCTs.

Any other response is…odd.

www.wsj.com/opinion/... @Brian_Blase #CatoHealth

Public Health as If People Mattered | Social Philosophy and Policy | Cambridge Core Public Health as If People Mattered - Volume 41 Issue 2

Ponnuru calls me "the strictest libertarian" (I'll take it) and links to my @CambUP_PHILNYUK Social Philosophy & Policy article on a libertarian framework for public health.

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GOP Must Cut Medicaid Now. Or Risk Debt Crisis and Devastating Cuts Later Balancing the budget without touching health care would require 40% cuts to all other federal spending. There is no practical way to balance the budget while sparing health care subsidies.

But sure, there’s no room to cut spending on federal health care subsidies.

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4/4

“Most criminals keep a low profile to evade detection, but #Duran enjoyed rubbing elbows with the elite. He created [@NABHbehavioral], which spent more than $750,000 on lobbying, threw fundraisers for Rep. [@KendrickMeek] and [@SenLandrieu].”

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2/4

Premade Conclusions, Post-Hoc Data: The Problem with the MAHA Report We must resist the temptation of prepackaged conclusions and demand evidence-driven thinking, not ideology in disguise. 

It appears #MAHA suffers from a few chronic conditions itself.

My @CatoInstitute colleagues @Dr4Liberty, Terence Kealey, and Bautista Vivanco on the ultra-processed #MAHAC report.

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Ep. 65: Patient autonomy with Jeffrey A. Singer, M.D. Jeffrey A. Singer, M.D., a general surgeon and senior fellow at the Cato Institute, joins the show to talk patient autonomy in health care.

My @CatoInstitute colleague @dr4liberty discusses his new book #YourBodyYourHealthCare on the @medeconomics podcast.

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‘Your Body, Your Health Care’ — a study of physicians, patients and informed consent in medicine A new volume by a physician author examines the history and current state of patient autonomy in health care.

My colleague @dr4liberty discussing his new book in @MedEconomics.

www.medicaleconomics... #CatoHealth

Trump Attempts Price Controls on Prescription Drugs Trump’s executive order is a laundry list of coercive actions he plans to take against drug companies who do not make “significant progress” toward his “price targets.” 

Unlike the Inflation Reduction Act or Trump’s past proposals, today's executive order is an attempt to impose government price controls on pharmaceuticals.

My latest: www.cato.org/blog/tr... #CatoHealth @justinamash @CliffordAsness @NewReaganCaucus

At What Price: Determining Pharmaceutical Prices in Medicare A complex array of government policies and market forces cause drug prices to be higher in the United States than other nations. Is this a problem? If so, are there better policies for determining drug prices? What is the “right” price for a drug? Panelists will discuss evidence suggesting that US drug prices are excessive and what policymakers should and should not do in response.

Some of y'all haven't watched this #CatoHealth event and it shows.

www.cato.org/events/... @pragyakakani @CatoInstitute

My Weekly Reading for May 11, 2025 - Econlib   First, Happy Mother’s Day to all the mothers who are reading this post. CBO Score Shows Medicaid Is Inefficient and Current Spending Levels Unpopular by Michael F. Cannon, Cato at Liberty, May 7, 2025, Excerpts: These projections reveal a troubling and dangerous aspect of Medicaid. If the CBO’s assumptions are reasonable, they further suggest—and […]

“This is one of Michael Cannon’s best recent articles.”

Thank you, @davidrhenderson.

www.econlib.org/my-w... #CatoHealth @LettDominik

Your Body, Your Health Care Dr. Jeffrey A. Singer’s groundbreaking new book offers a compelling vision for a future in which patients regain control over their health decisions and care.

Whether it’s choosing a clinician, a medical facility, the medicines that go in your body, or even the choice to ingest risky things—it’s your body. The choice should be yours.

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4/4

Medicaid on the brink? Perspectives from 23 healthcare voices as cuts loom Congressional Republicans recently passed a budget resolution that calls for the House Energy and Commerce Committee to reduce $880 billion in spending over 10 years, setting the stage for a messy | One of the biggest congressional battles this year will be an upcoming reconciliation bill, which could see the Medicaid program cut by hundreds of billions of dollars. Here's how that could impact the country's healthcare system.

www.fiercehealthcare... #CatoHealth

Medicaid on the brink? Perspectives from 23 healthcare voices as cuts loom Congressional Republicans recently passed a budget resolution that calls for the House Energy and Commerce Committee to reduce $880 billion in spending over 10 years, setting the stage for a messy | One of the biggest congressional battles this year will be an upcoming reconciliation bill, which could see the Medicaid program cut by hundreds of billions of dollars. Here's how that could impact the country's healthcare system.

www.fiercehealthcare... #CatoHealth

Medicaid on the brink? Perspectives from 23 healthcare voices as cuts loom Congressional Republicans recently passed a budget resolution that calls for the House Energy and Commerce Committee to reduce $880 billion in spending over 10 years, setting the stage for a messy | One of the biggest congressional battles this year will be an upcoming reconciliation bill, which could see the Medicaid program cut by hundreds of billions of dollars. Here's how that could impact the country's healthcare system.

www.fiercehealthcare... #CatoHealth

Medicaid on the brink? Perspectives from 23 healthcare voices as cuts loom Congressional Republicans recently passed a budget resolution that calls for the House Energy and Commerce Committee to reduce $880 billion in spending over 10 years, setting the stage for a messy | One of the biggest congressional battles this year will be an upcoming reconciliation bill, which could see the Medicaid program cut by hundreds of billions of dollars. Here's how that could impact the country's healthcare system.

www.fiercehealthcare... @Tong_Thoughts #CatoHealth @brian_blase

Want better care for veterans? Give them ownership of the @VeteransHealth Administration.

Good article by @GlobeKayLazar: www.bostonglobe.com/... @BostonGlobe #CatoHealth

End the Tax Exclusion for Employer-Sponsored Health Insurance The tax code threatens workers with $352 billion in taxes unless they let their employers control $1 trillion of their earnings.

Making health care as universal as possible means ending the #TaxExclusion for ESI. One way is to repeal the taxes that give rise to it.

But there are other ways, that would make the tax code and health care more efficient and equitable.

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8/8

Your Body, Your Health Care Dr. Jeffrey A. Singer’s groundbreaking new book offers a compelling vision for a future in which patients regain control over their health decisions and care.

Whether it’s choosing a clinician, a medical facility, the medicines that go in your body, or even the choice to ingest risky things—it’s your body, writes @dr4liberty. The choice should be yours.

www.cato.org/books/b... #YBYHC #CatoHealth
2/2

AF-DC: Fireside Chat - Your Body, Your Health Care with Dr. Jeffrey Singer Join AF-DC and Cato Institute Senior Fellow Dr. Jeffrey Singer as we rethink healthcare through the lens of liberty!

Join @AFempowers’ @edtarnowski & @dr4liberty this evening for a fireside chat about Singer’s new book, Your Body, Your Health Care.

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Kenneth Arrow's 1963 Article on Health Care Doesn't Say What You Think - Econlib Kenneth J. Arrow at Stanford University. Credit: LA Cicero, 11/4/1996. As a health reform discussion lengthens, the probability that someone will cite Kenneth Arrow approaches 1. Close behind is the probability that this person will cite Arrow inaccurately. Arrow showed that health care markets fail, goes the ritual invocation of the Nobel Prize-winning economist’s 1963 […]

As a health reform discussion lengthens, the probability that someone will cite #KennethArrow approaches 1.

Close behind is the probability that this person will cite Arrow inaccurately.

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Should the Federal Government Subsidize Family Caregivers of Older Americans? Eliminating immigration, licensing and other regulatory obstacles would expand access to high-quality, affordable home care without costing taxpayers a penny.

Eliminating immigration, occupational licensing, and other regulatory obstacles would expand access to high-quality, affordable home care without costing taxpayers a penny.

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2/13