That is what this chart asks: Baffling to me drug companies can sell a drug that does this, and charge $80,000 for it pic.twitter.com/iZ9D6hpIbp — V Prasad (@VinayPrasad82) July 16, 2016 An $80,000 per course of treatment that is better than the previous regime. It providers, on median, an extra twelve days of life before …
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KY and a dry screw
Kentucky submitted their Medicaid Expansion waiver today. and it is a doozy. There are a couple of interesting and potentially useful nuggets ( I liked the wrap-around policies so that a family that qualifies for multiple categories of aid stay on one plan for simplicity’s sake), a couple of things that I could live with …
Late Night Open Thread: Among the Wild Libertarians
Everything seems to be going well at the Libertarian conference pic.twitter.com/nQJclPGqEZ — Christopher Woody (@chrstphr_woody) May 29, 2016 Difference between conventions: Libertarians acknowledging guy on their stage had no clothes, GOP won’t admit guy on theirs has no clothes — Dana Houle (@DanaHoule) May 29, 2016 Yes, it’s almost too easy a target. But then …
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Peter Thiel Makes The Case For Confiscatory Taxation On Billionaires
This broke over at Forbes and is bouncing around the ‘nets today: Peter Thiel, a PayPal cofounder and one of the earliest backers of Facebook FB +0.49%, has been secretly covering the expenses for Hulk Hogan’s lawsuits against online news organization Gawker Media. According to people familiar with the situation who agreed to speak on …
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Open Thread: Republicans Get Their Third-Party Challenge
Low bar, but Johnson-Weld is probably the most credible presidential ticket the Libertarians have ever fielded. https://t.co/lxuN5K4vmg — McKay Coppins (@mckaycoppins) May 18, 2016 From his hometown paper, the Boston Globe: Former Massachusetts governor William F. Weld will announce Thursday that he is running for vice president, rejecting the Republican Party of which he has …
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Open Thread: The Free Staters Are Coming (Again)
Decades-old libertarian plan to take over New Hampshire inches a little closer to reality: https://t.co/FSTVxop6xa pic.twitter.com/cqqABpOLxu — Clara Jeffery (@ClaraJeffery) February 1, 2016 Ah, a political splinter group which we can all agree deserves our mockery! From the Mother Jones article: On February 18, hundreds of libertarians will flock to the Radisson Hotel in Manchester, …
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Open Thread: The Grift Dream Will Never Die!
Can I get another 100 donors from Twitter tonight? We must defeat Socialism. Contribute $35, $11, or just $2!! https://t.co/78WPMctrVp — Dr. Rand Paul (@RandPaul) January 26, 2016 If everyone contributes a small amount of their income, we can pool all the resources together to defeat socialism https://t.co/weT2oLkZLp — Bile Cube (@BileCube) January 26, 2016 …
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