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You Aren’t as Sick as Government Claims

Sep 5, 2024 | aei.org | David Hyman |Charles Silver

Every con in the book has been tried in government health programs. One of the most common is “upcoding”—the process of fudging records to make patients seem sicker than they are. The trick is lucrative: The Journal recently reported that insurers took $50 billion from Medicare over three years by adding fake illnesses to patients’ diagnoses.
Why We Can't Have Nice Things: Can Mark Cuban Make Prescriptions Affordable Again?

Sep 5, 2024 | inkl.com | David Hyman |Charles Silver |Eric Boehm |Anthony Wallace

Why are prescription drugs so expensive in the United States? "Drug prices in this country are so high because there is zero transparency in the system, and when there's zero transparency in a market, there is no way for it to be efficient," says Mark Cuban, the serial entrepreneur, investor on Shark Tank, and guest on the first episode of the second season of Why We Can't Have Nice Things.
Opinion | You Aren’t as Sick as Government Claims

Sep 4, 2024 | wsj.com | Charles Silver |David Hyman

WSJ Opinion: Hits and Misses of the WeekYour browser does not support HTML5 video. 0:00Paused0:00 / 2:08WSJ Opinion: Hits and Misses of the WeekPlay video: WSJ Opinion: Hits and Misses of the WeekEvery con in the book has been tried in government health programs. One of the most common is “upcoding”—the process of fudging records to make patients seem sicker than they are.
The Wall Street Journal

Sep 3, 2024 | on.wsj.com | Jason Gay |Dawn Gilbertson |Steven Rosenbush |Charles Silver

Human Rights Campaign used a ranking of companies to advance same-sex benefits. Now an activist is using the index to pressure CEOs.7 min readLive UpdatesStock futures posted anemic moves, as worries about the health of the U.S. economy weigh in the buildup to the key jobs report.
If Trump Is Disqualified, Will Mayhem Ensue?

Feb 13, 2024 | cato.org | Charles Silver

A civil war, which some of Trump’s backers have threatened, is almost absurdly unlikely. In the 1860s, southern states seceded because abolition posed a dire threat to their economies and their elites, whose wealth was concentrated in slaves. The only person Trump’s disqualification threatens with financial harm is Trump himself. It is ludicrous to think that states would go to war to save him from a self‐inflicted injury.
If Trump is disqualified, will mayhem ensue?

Jan 30, 2024 | thehill.com | Charles Silver

When talking with other law professors, I have almost uniformly been told that, to avoid chaos, the Supreme Court should overrule the decisions in Colorado and Maine that disqualify Donald Trump from being on the ballot.
SCOTUS Should Uphold the Constitution by Deciding the Colorado Appeal on the Law

Jan 17, 2024 | cato.org | Charles Silver

The appeal of the Colorado decision is the Supreme Court’s opportunity to tell us whether the U.S. is a mature democracy where all candidates for elected office are equal before the law, or a banana republic where partisan judges exempt their favored candidates from inconvenient constitutional requirements January 13, 2024 • Commentary This article appeared in Orange County Register on January 13, 2024.
SCOTUS should uphold the Constitution by deciding the Colorado appeal on the law

Jan 13, 2024 | ocregister.com | Charles Silver

The recent decisions in Colorado and Maine finding Donald Trump ineligible to run for the presidency have spawned a host of calls for the U.S. Supreme Court to intervene. Rather than offer serious legal arguments, most opponents contend the decisions are anti-democratic and will have terrible consequences, such as by provoking red states to remove President Joe Biden from their ballots. These are bad arguments.