Biden ’s Math of Just Taxing the Rich Doesn’t Add Up
Adam N. MichelDespite the headlines, thePresident ’s 2024 Budget demonstrates how challenging it is to raise significant new tax revenue from a small minority of wealthy taxpayers. The budget raises about $1.8 trillion from non‐corporate taxpayers over ten years. Yet, following all the rhetoric about the rich not paying their fair share, it should be striking that across more than twenty new and expanded taxes, the administration’s plan does not even raise enough revenue from wealthy taxpayers to cover new spending proposed in Biden’s budget, let alone theprojected $20 trillion deficit over the next ten years....
Source: Cato-at-liberty - March 22, 2023 Category: American Health Authors: Adam N. Michel Source Type: blogs
The Fiscal Impact of Immigration in the United States
ConclusionThe United States faces a considerable fiscal challenge with the explosive growth in government spending, the escalation of entitlement payments, and slower demographic growth. How immigrants impact the fiscal state of the U.S. government is important for policymakers and the public to consider when evaluating different reforms to get the U.S. government onto a sounder fiscal footing. Our paper “The Fiscal Impact of Immigration in the United States ” is the first in a new series of Cato papers that analyze the fiscal impact of immigration. It ’s 248 pages of information, data, explanations, figures, and cha...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - March 21, 2023 Category: American Health Authors: Alex Nowrasteh Source Type: blogs
10 Budget Reforms Millennials Can Get Behind
Romina BocciaAs federal debt continues to rise, younger generations will bear the brunt of today ’s irresponsible deficit spending. Not all millennials are passive bystanders as Congress seals their fate. The Millennial Debt Foundation (MDF) recently released10 recommendations to address the U.S. debt challenge over the next 30 years.Founded in 2019 with the support ofthe late Senator Tom Coburn, MD, the Foundation convened millennial business leaders and members of Congress to devise a plan to reduce the growth in the federal debt. I am pleased to serve the organization as a senior advisor.The latest Congressional Budge...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - March 21, 2023 Category: American Health Authors: Romina Boccia Source Type: blogs
Why does health care cost so much in the U.S. part the infinity
I ' m on a lot of email lists thanks to my profession. A message I got today is below. I won ' t make you read it before I explain that one reason medical services cost so much in this godforsaken country is that providers have to hire people to with specialized training and pay them salaries to deal with this crap. Keep in mind that they see people with multiple different kinds of insurance and they need to keep track of what insurance the person has, what it will pay for, how much, and how, based on manuals containing hundreds of pages of similar dreck. And if they don ' t get it just right, they won ' t be paid. In civi...
Source: Stayin' Alive - March 20, 2023 Category: American Health Source Type: blogs
Why we don't get what we pay for
Before I take up the subject of this post, a note about commenting. I wish I could publish more comments but most of them are ridiculous or off topic. For example, I wrote a post about Kanye West. He was the subject of the post. It was about him. And I get a comment to the effect of Why won ' t I talk about Black antisemitism? WTF? I post about the high cost of health care in the U.S. and I get a comment about total federal revenues and the federal budget deficit. BTW, obviously federal revenues will generally increase over time because the economy and the population grow. Also you have to adjust for inflation. But that ' ...
Source: Stayin' Alive - March 10, 2023 Category: American Health Source Type: blogs
Rethinking access to the American tip jar: It ’ s time to include nurses and dental hygienists
Americans are accustomed to tipping for a wide array of services. We understand that our gratuity makes up an important percentage of the wages earned by many different types of laborers: massage therapists, Uber drivers, hair stylists, tour guides, room service providers, valets — the list goes on. Much of the time, we don’t just
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Rethinking access to the American tip jar: It’s time to include nurses and dental hygienists originally appeared in KevinMD.com. (Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog)
Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - March 9, 2023 Category: General Medicine Authors: Eric Dessner, MD Tags: Physician Public Health & Policy Source Type: blogs
Featured Health IT Jobs – Senior Epic Application Analyst
We like to regularly feature a healthcare IT job that might be of interest to readers. Today, we’re featuring the Senior Epic Application Analyst position that was recently posted on Healthcare IT Central. This position was posted by Yakima Valley Farm Workers Clinic and is located in Toppenish, Washington.
Here’s a description of the position:
YVFWC has a compulsory vaccination policy including the Covid-19 primary series, the organization does not mandate the Covid-19 booster although it is offered through our employee health department. Medical and religious exemptions to the primary series will be considered ...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - March 8, 2023 Category: Information Technology Authors: John Lynn Tags: Career and Jobs Healthcare IT Epic Jobs Featured Opportunities Health IT Careers Health IT Jobs Healthcare IT Jobs Job Seekers Senior Epic Application Analyst Yakima Valley Farm Workers Clinic Source Type: blogs
Health IT: Buy or Sell – Healthcare IT Today Podcast Episode 109
For the 109th episode of the Healthcare IT Podcast, we are back with everyone’s favorite game, Health IT: Buy or Sell! In these episodes we look at different Health IT topics and debate over if we believe that it will happen (i.e. we buy it) or if it won’t happen (i.e. we sell it). We’ve got a number of hot topics for this episode included TEFCA, QHINs, Homecare, Healthcare Workforce, and Hospital Robots vs Nurses. Join us as we play another round of Buy or Sell!
Here’s a preview of the topics we will be debating in this episode:
QHINs?
Homecare will make an appreciable difference.
IT salaries in healt...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - March 6, 2023 Category: Information Technology Authors: John Lynn John Lynn and Colin Hung Tags: C-Suite Leadership Clinical Health IT Company Healthcare IT Healthcare IT Today Podcasts Hospital - Health System Interoperability Buy or Sell Health IT Companies Health IT Podcasts Health IT Salaries Healthcare Automation Healthca Source Type: blogs
14 Ways the Tax Code Subsidizes Higher Education
Adam N. MichelThe federal government subsidizes higher education through a multitude of grants to universities, subsidized loans, and direct scholarship funding. In addition, the tax code includes at least 14 different programs that distort the education system and complicate tax filing. All told, the tax code subsidizes higher education to the tune of $322 billion over ten years.From an education policy perspective, the accumulation of all this federal spending has a distorting effect. Over time, the subsidies havelikelycontributed to thehigh price of college as subsidies increase demand, which drives up prices. This cycl...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - March 2, 2023 Category: American Health Authors: Adam N. Michel Source Type: blogs
Equalizing the future of medical residencies: standardizing work hours and wages
In the United States, work hours are traditionally recorded on a weekly basis, and salaries are paid every two weeks. However, full-time employees (FTEs) work for a full year and receive a W-2 annually. FTEs are usually hired based on an annual wage divided into 26 bi-weekly paychecks. Tracking weekly work hours can lead to
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Equalizing the future of medical residencies: standardizing work hours and wages originally appeared in KevinMD.com. (Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog)
Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - March 2, 2023 Category: General Medicine Authors: Deepak Gupta, MD and Sarwan Kumar, MD Tags: Education Residency Source Type: blogs
What ’s Next For ChatGPT In Healthcare?
You have probably heard that ChatGPT has recently passed business, law and medical exams, qualified as a level-3 coding engineer at Google (with a $180K starting salary!), outperformed most students in microbiology and checked a passable grade in a 12th-grade AP literature test.
Of course, better take these results with a pinch of salt. Although the algorithm indeed did reasonably well on the USMLE test, it was not a full-value assessment as all questions requiring visual assessment were removed.
Pinch of salt or not, however, it is obvious how the capabilities of these large language models have been expanding...
Source: The Medical Futurist - March 2, 2023 Category: Information Technology Authors: Andrea Koncz Tags: Artificial Intelligence in Medicine Source Type: blogs
Featured Health IT Job: Healthcare Data Analyst
We like to regularly feature a healthcare IT job that might be of interest to readers. Today, we’re featuring the Healthcare Data Analyst position that was recently posted on Healthcare IT Central. This position was posted by New York eHealth Collaborative and is in New York.
Here’s a description of the position:
New York eHealth Collaborative (NYeC) is a not-for-profit organization working in partnership with the New York State Department of Health to improve healthcare by collaboratively leading, connecting, and integrating health information exchange across the State.
Founded in 2006 by healthcare leaders,...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - March 1, 2023 Category: Information Technology Authors: Health IT Jobs Tags: Career and Jobs Healthcare IT Data Analyst Health IT Jobs Healthcare Data Analyst Healthcare IT Jobs Job Seekers New York eHealth Collaborative New York Health IT Jobs NYeC Source Type: blogs
The Department of Health and Social Care's written evidence to the Senior Salaries Pay Review Body (SSRB) for the 2023 to 2024 pay round
Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) - The Senior Salaries Review Body (SSRB) has been asked to make a pay recommendation on the current levels of pay for very senior managers (VSMs) in the NHS and executive and senior managers (ESMs) in DHSC ’s arm’s length bodies (ALBs). The written evidence seeks to enable the SSRB to make independent observations on the levels of pay of VSMs and ESMs to form part of the wider SSRB report, which will include observations on the levels of pay for other senior public sector workers. The written evid ence includes information on NHS senior pay strategy along with re...
Source: Health Management Specialist Library - February 28, 2023 Category: UK Health Authors: The King ' s Fund Library Tags: Workforce and employment Source Type: blogs
States Show How Criminal Justice Reform Can Help Millions of American Workers
Scott Lincicome and Ilana BlumsackThe Collateral Consequences Resource Center (CCRC) recently released new reports oncriminal record expungement policies andmarijuana legalization and expungement policies across the country. State officials report that over 60,000 records have beenautomatically expunged in Utah since the beginning of 2022, and in Missouri, over 5,000 marijuana convictions have beenautomatically expunged since legalizing recreational marijuana just this past December.This is welcome news —for these individuals and the U.S. labor market more broadly.As we discuss in ourchapter onCriminal Justice inEmpoweri...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - February 24, 2023 Category: American Health Authors: Scott Lincicome, Ilana Blumsack Source Type: blogs
Featured Health IT Job: Lead Data Architect – Healthcare
We like to regularly feature a healthcare IT job that might be of interest to readers. Today, we’re featuring the Lead Data Architect – Healthcare position that was recently posted on Healthcare IT Central. This position was posted by Vytalize Health and is remote in the US.
Here’s a description of the position:
Lead Data Architect – Healthcare (Remote)
About Our Company
Vytalize Health is a leading value-based care platform for seniors that has raised over $70 million in financing from top healthcare investors. We partner with primary care practices and power them through bold financial incentives...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - February 22, 2023 Category: Information Technology Authors: Health IT Jobs Tags: Career and Jobs Healthcare IT Data Architect Health IT Jobs Healthcare IT Jobs Job Seekers Remote Jobs Vytalize Vytalize Health Vytalize Health Jobs Source Type: blogs
