Chris Pope
@CPopeHC
Senior Fellow, Manhattan Institute. Opinions my own.
Surprisingly the IRS published this under Biden, not Trump: irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/p5…
A big problem with the founding mythology is that it obscures the extent to which what is valuable in US (decentralized property-owning democracy) preceded independence -- encouraging an exaggerated view of what political violence can achieve.
Recognize that this is just the latest attempt to tear down, destroy, and discredit the founding. Destruction of the founding story and the founders must be done by those who wish to replace it. The U.S. is great, actually. Neither the revolution nor the founding was a mistake.
No matter how many times I write my first name, MS Outlook autocomplete seems convinced that I want to sign every email I write with the word "Christmas"
It's one thing to be against benefit cuts. But why oppose the reduced ability of medical providers to claim Medicaid funding for which they specifically *don't* have to deliver covered benefits? city-journal.org/article/medica…
No-one defends the inherit merits of expanding Medicaid dark money financing. They just assume that more spending is inherently better, even though there's little assurance about what the extra money is buying. Why blindly trust giving the healthcare industry extra $?
Jonathan, fortunately from your perspective, the main reforms that the Freedom Caucus pushed - and which were successful - were Obama proposals to limit Medicaid provider taxes as well as limits on the massive corporate welfare by enacting sensible caps on state-directed payments
50 years ago, hospital care was relatively low-tech everywhere. But as the sophistication of surgical technology and physician specialization has surged, rural patients have become increasingly willing to travel to cities to get better treatment. manhattan.institute/article/assuri…
These Medicaid cuts are far from unprecedented. In 1967, Gov. Rockefeller made 40% of NY's population eligible for Medicaid. Congress rolled most of that back. OBBB cut permitted provider taxes from 6% to 3.5%. The 1991 reduction from infinity to 6% was much more significant!
I understand that nobody wants their payment rates to decline. But is it really plausible to argue that, say, radiology reads or joint replacements have NOT become more efficient over the past 10-15 years? 🤨 statnews.com/2025/07/16/med…