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Tom Church

@TomVChurch

Policy Fellow @HooverInst I made @ShowMargin to make finding live shows easier

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Fun announcement: I made an app called @ShowMargin to make finding live shows like concerts or games easier. It's free on the App Store here: apps.apple.com/us/app/show-m…
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Time for a ballot initiative to cut the program off?
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California sold high speed rail in 2008 with a promise that it would be operational by 2020 and cost $34 Billion. The latest timeline was, at best, just the Silicon Valley to Central Valley portion would be operational by 2031 and a cost baselined at $113B. The problem isn’t 600K spent on travel, but that the entire project is an incompetent boondoggle run by unserious clowns.
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Another great post by @HooverInst’s Tom Church. Want to screw up a market? Do everything we have done to healthcare.
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Let's say your goal is to screw up a functioning, competitive market. How would you do it? I argue all you need to do is copy what the government has done to health insurance in America. Imagine if you bought your groceries using food insurance... church.substack.com/p/how-to…
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Let's say your goal is to screw up a functioning, competitive market. How would you do it? I argue all you need to do is copy what the government has done to health insurance in America. Imagine if you bought your groceries using food insurance... church.substack.com/p/how-to…
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Well done.
John R. Puri (@JohnPuri2026) profile pictureJohn R. Puri@JohnPuri2026Oct 28
From me @NRO, with a frightening warning to voters: A List of Things Democrats Might Do If They Retake Power nationalreview.com/corner/a-…
A List of Things Democrats Might Do If They Retake Power | National Review

A List of Things Democrats Might Do If They Retake Power | National Review

This agenda should terrify conservatives.

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Who has a good idea for a Constitutional Amendment for reforming the pardon power? At the very least, preemptive pardons should be off the table, right?
Jeff Stein (@jstein_sun) profile pictureJeff Stein
@jstein_sunOct 24
SCOOP: White House lawyers weigh preemptive pardons for large numbers of junior admin staff, as MAGA allies press for protections for lower ranking aides Under discussion is pardons everyone in certain policy, like deportation Does not seem imminent washingtonsun.com/whitehouse…
White House Is Weighing Mass Pardons for Junior Staff

White House Is Weighing Mass Pardons for Junior Staff

Conservative groups influential with the Trump administration have pressed for the preemptive acts of clemency.

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Great read!
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@TomVChurchOct 21
Medicare will require $10 trillion in taxpayer subsidies over the next decade. What would it take to make that number smaller? We asked a handful of Medicare experts for their $100 billion proposals. Here's what they came up with. 1/n
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Government over regulates a service. That service becomes more expensive. Maybe we shouldn’t regulate it as heavily?
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Ever wonder how much health coverage mandates add to the premium you pay? @jaredrhoads joins me on the podcast to talk about his recent paper that estimates the cost of state coverage mandates. Link here: church.substack.com/p/health…
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To put this in perspective ... you could buy 1 billion plane tickets from LA to SF for that amount of money. wsj.com/us-news/inside-the-1…
Inside the $126 Billion Debacle to Build California’s Bullet Train

Inside the $126 Billion Debacle to Build California’s Bullet Train

Watch to learn why this high-speed rail project is years late and billions over budget.

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Jared Rhoads
@jaredrhoadsOct 23
I went on @TomVChurch's podcast this week to talk about health insurance, and specifically about coverage mandates. The episode is now out: church.substack.com/p/health…
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Ever wonder how much health coverage mandates add to the premium you pay? @jaredrhoads joins me on the podcast to talk about his recent paper that estimates the cost of state coverage mandates. Link here: church.substack.com/p/health…
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We also get into how to refocus health insurance to act like insurance, instead of acting as the starting point for all care even if it's routine, predictable, or low cost. And his paper is here: centerformodernhealth.org/pu…
Paring Down Coverage Mandates To Reduce Health Insurance Premiums

Paring Down Coverage Mandates To Reduce Health Insurance Premiums

If rising health insurance costs are a concern, state policymakers should reconsider the coverage mandates that force people to buy more coverage than they want.

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Price negotiation in auto repair, plumbing, law, finance, accounting, general contracting, doesn’t work because the buyer knows a lot less than the seller. Sounds kind of ridiculous, doesn’t it. It’s almost as if markets adapted to information asymmetry…
Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz (@geniusliberator) profile pictureGottfried Wilhelm Leibniz@geniusliberatorOct 21
Replying to @eljefe1america @JahangirAsgha10 @DrDiGiorgio @BKRBusinessMin
Price negotiation in medicine doesnt work because the patient knows a lot less than the provider
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This was an amazing conference, and I was honored to be incited by @HooverInst to attend. I recommend everyone read @TomVChurch’s overview below. 👇
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@TomVChurchOct 21
Medicare will require $10 trillion in taxpayer subsidies over the next decade. What would it take to make that number smaller? We asked a handful of Medicare experts for their $100 billion proposals. Here's what they came up with. 1/n
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Medicare will require $10 trillion in taxpayer subsidies over the next decade. What would it take to make that number smaller? We asked a handful of Medicare experts for their $100 billion proposals. Here's what they came up with. 1/n
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Last is my contribution, where I pitch a linear reduction in subsidies for high-income seniors on Medicare Part B through IRMAA payments. hoover.org/research/reducing…
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The full list is at my Substack post: church.substack.com/p/seven-… There's something for everyone (to love and to hate). The list isn't a comprehensive Medicare package, but it is a terrific starting point. Now we only need to identify another $9 trillion in savings...
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