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Ippolito Appointed to Med PAC
2+ day, 8+ hour ago (288+ words) I am thrilled to announce that AEI Senior Fellow and health economist Dr. Benedic Ippolito has been appointed to the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (Med PAC). He will bring this expertise and a broad knowledge of the Medicare program to…...
The Ritual That Couldn't Hold
2+ day, 13+ hour ago (189+ words) On May 14, Haidt walked to a podium at Yankee Stadium and was booed before he had said a word. Roughly three dozen graduates walked out during his remarks. The Atlantic published the full text the same week with an unusual…...
Robert Woodson, RIP | American Enterprise Institute - AEI
3+ day, 8+ hour ago (89+ words) BY Robert Doar + Daniel A. D'Aniello ON 31 Mar 26 On the separation of powers, religious liberty, judicial review, and so many other topics, it is Justice Antonin Scalia's originalist vision that now guides judges, lawyers, and elected officials. BY Robert Doar ON…...
Will the Rash of College Closures Limit Access? I Think Not.
3+ day, 9+ hour ago (310+ words) The announcement that Hampshire College will wind down operations after 2026 landed with a familiar mix of alarm and lament. Another small, distinctive college will soon disappear. But the closure of Hampshire is not an isolated event. It is one of…...
Background on CMS's Anti-Fraud Efforts in Hospice Care
3+ day, 14+ hour ago (280+ words) On May 13, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) announced a nationwide, six-month moratorium on bringing new hospice service providers into Medicare (the agency also announced a simultaneous moratorium for home health agencies). Taking this step, which is aggressive…...
Fowler and Cannon Get It Right'And That's the Easy Part | American Enterprise Institute - AEI
4+ day, 8+ hour ago (104+ words) Charles N. Kahn III Without real change, buy right will remain a slogan dying quietly. With it, we have a real shot at making each health care dollar finally do what we have promised for a quarter century: deliver real quality,…...
Sleepwalking to a World Bond Market Crisis
4+ day, 8+ hour ago (336+ words) There is an apocryphal story about the captain of the Titanic. When asked at the inquest of into the sinking of the Titanic why he did not steer the ship away from the iceberg, he replied: "What iceberg?" We have…...
Irrational Exuberance Again
5+ day, 11+ hour ago (317+ words) In December 1996, Alan Greenspan coined the term irrational exuberance. He did so to describe what he considered to be a grossly overvalued stock market driven by the promise of an internet-driven economic revolution. Directionally, Greenspan's call turned out to be…...
Why the Feel-Good K. G. M. Social Media Verdict is Troubling
1+ week, 5+ day ago (575+ words) Jurors were told that Meta and Google could only "be held liable for harm caused by a feature or activity that was part of the design or operation of" their platforms and if the negligent "design or operation of the…...
When AI Starts Reading the Room
6+ day, 6+ hour ago (294+ words) This is where Murati's work comes in. Interaction models aim to smooth the human-machine exchange. The technical approach processes audio and visual signals directly with the result that an AI can register a gesture or a hesitation and adjust before…...