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Book Review with Excerpts

Sailing Alone by Richard J. King Reviewed by one-handed economist David Zetland I read this 2023 book by Richard J. King on the recommendation of LS. It’s all about those…

Decoding Medicare Advantage

…CMS official Richard Kronick, who estimated in 2021 that risk adjustment overpayments would total $600 billion from 2023 to 2031 if not adjusted. For many years, MedPAC has recommended cutting…

Nixon or Trump? Which one . . .

…Jack Lessenberry Politics and Prejudices and other musings More than forty years ago, I got a letter from Richard Nixon, then nine years removed from the presidency and living in…