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e this week in the New York Times — What is Driving Growth in Government Spending? — The writer suggests that it is health care through Medicare and Medicaid, and other major social insurance and entitlement programs. Silver's focus is on how government has been spending its money in the present and the

se advising America's foreign policy, it is easy to understand why our country is hated around the world. Do you think that people in Brazil, Japan, Iceland or New Zealand are worried about Malian jihadists.? The fact that it was American trained soldiers who overthrew Mali's democratically elected gove

d, and America's place in it." As a candidate, Donald Trump that he would push for a great healthcare bill that covers everyone and would not touch Medicaid. To get a win at any cost, he has pushed Congressional legislators to pass the current GOP healthcare bill which does neither. But more importantly,

nd Norway, though the healthcare gold standard remains tiny Andorra, a postage stamp of a country nestled between Spain (No. 8) and France (No. 15). Iceland (No. 2), Australia (No. 6), Finland (No. 7), the Netherlands (No. 9) and financial and banking center Luxembourg rounded out the first 10 finishers

t her confirmation." According to the Times, "As the official charged with overseeing providing services to poor and older Americans in Medicare and Medicaid, Ms. Brooks-LaSure will manage roughly $1 trillion of the federal budget in addition to the Affordable Care Act's health insurance marketplaces and

nfirmation came "less than a week after Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Russian counterpart Sergey Lavrov held cautious face-to-face talks in Iceland. That meeting was the highest-level in-person talks yet between Washington and Moscow under the Biden administration." Axios (5/25, Basu, 1.26M) re

t her confirmation." According to the Times, "As the official charged with overseeing providing services to poor and older Americans in Medicare and Medicaid, Ms. Brooks-LaSure will manage roughly $1 trillion of the federal budget in addition to the Affordable Care Act's health insurance marketplaces and

nfirmation came "less than a week after Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Russian counterpart Sergey Lavrov held cautious face-to-face talks in Iceland. That meeting was the highest-level in-person talks yet between Washington and Moscow under the Biden administration." Axios (5/25, Basu, 1.26M) re

unded liabilities on top of that. Chris Watling of Longview Economics reckons that the net present value of spending commitments under the Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security programmes is 276% of GDP. The Democrats resist cuts in entitlements and the Republicans resist tax increases, so nothing much g

ten mature economies rose from 200% of GDP in 1995 to 300% in 2008 (see chart 1 for a breakdown by country). There were even more startling rises in Iceland and Ireland, where debt-to-GDP ratios reached 1,200% and 700% respectively. The burdens proved too much for those two countries, plunging them into

Republican proposal would provide financial assistance to fewer people and cut off aid at a low=r income level. It would also roll back Obamacare's Medicaid expansion, replacing it with a tax credit for =uying private insurance; eliminate regulations that guarantee all policies includ= comprehensive bene

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ic corporation, USA Inc.’s financials are discouraging. True, USA Inc. has many fundamental strengths. On an operating basis (excluding Medicare and Medicaid spending and one-time charges), the federal government’s profit & loss statement is solid, with a 4% median net margin over the last 15 years. But ca

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healthcare spending and its seemingly relentless growth are problematic for the US. Public spending on healthcare—primarily through the Medicare and Medicaid programs—is crowding out other state and national priorities, including education, social security, national defense, and deficit eduction. High he

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