Thanks to Trump, hospitals will have to disclose prices for procedures starting in 2021.
What a concept.
[Late-morning update]
Hospitals sue to be allowed to keep their prices secret.
Gosh, it’s almost as though they have something to hide.
Category Archives: Business
Advanced Space Propulsion
It’s the power supply, dummy.
I do think that ultimately, absent something like anti-matter, or perhaps fusion, beamed power is the solution to opening the solar system. It could either push sails, or provide power for electric propulsion.
Critical Thinking
Only 9% of fifteen-year olds can distinguish between written fact and opinion.
Sadly, the same is probably true of adults. As Glenn notes, it’s almost as thought this is a goal of the system.
Democrat Dismay
You’d have to have a heart of stone to read this without laughing out loud.
The reason that they can’t come up with any candidates who can beat Trump is that they insist on insane policies, and they’ve chased all the centrists out of the race.
California Residency
When it comes to paying taxes, you can check out of Hotel California, but you can never leave.
Starship
…had its first test-stand failure.
[Update a few minutes later]
Speculation: Bad welds from working in cold, dark, and wind.
[Friday-afternoon update]
Was the loss of Starship a setback?
No, it shows that they’re making rapid progress.
[Bumped]
Meat, Saturated Fat, and Long Life
It’s just amazing how much crap nutrition advice we’ve been given for decades, and many continue to spew the nonsense.
Girls In STEM
My buddy Chantelle Baier just put together an event in Cincinnati in which they launched fifty Estes rockets at a time. Chantelle is the one in black standing by the wall in the left center of the picture.
Boeing
How and when the company started its downhill slide. I always thought the move to Chicago was a bad idea.
The Clinton Crime Family Foundation
…just filed for a $17M loss.
Via Stephen Green, who notes: “Life gets pretty expensive when you have the spending habits of a plutocrat, but have run out of influence to peddle.”