None of us want to admit this, but binge-watching Netflix is more expensive than the monthly subscription fee. The economic concept of "opportunity cost" can teach us what we're losing out on —even with a meager 30-minute episode.
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There are many reasons why American health care is super expensive. One of the biggest ones is that patients don't have any real way of knowing what any given service or procedure costs. And because the patients don't know any better, providers have no compelling reason to even attempt to keep prices low.
But what if they did? Here's how that might look.
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On this episode of Common Sense Soapbox, Ron finds the socialist utopia of his dreams… in prison. Yeah, it’s not as great as he thinks.
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Written by Seamus Coughlin & Lou Perez
Animated by LtAmazil, Adamdonk, and Emily Slatt
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Produced & Edited by Sean W. Malone
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LINKS:
https://interrogatingjustice.org/prisons/annual-prison-costs-budgets/
https://reason.com/2018/04/23/the-irony-of-socialists-calling-for-abol/
https://www.prisonpolicy.org/research/economics_of_incarceration/
https://www.prisonpolicy.org/profiles/US.html
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w5haBO78iFg
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Don’t get nostalgia goggles stuck on your face. The closing of retail stores will be a net win!
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1uOCO7i7SMQ
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You probably know a couple who both work full time to support their children, but even with their dual incomes, they’re finding it more and more difficult to afford health insurance. Everyday incidents like sports injuries, asthma, and blood pressure, combined with their anxiety over rising premiums, are turning their American dream into sleepless nights. Why can’t people catch a break? It wasn’t always this way!
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Written by Seamus Coughlin & Sean Malone
Animated by Seamus Coughlin
Special thanks to Michael Cannon.
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In this episode of Common Sense Soapbox, Seamus explains to Bob the history of American health care, how 90% of private insurance came to be provided through employers as a result of WWII-era price controls and tax exemptions, and how decoupling insurance from employment could be the start of a better system.
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CREDITS:
Written by Seamus Coughlin and Sean W. Malone w/ support from Tyler Brandt, Matt Hampton, and Phil Magness
Animated by Seamus Coughlin
Produced & Edited by Sean W. Malone
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LINKS:
https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=114045132
https://www.post-gazette.com/healthypgh/2014/04/27/VITALS-How-did-U-S-employer-based-health-care-history-become-what-it-is-today/stories/201404150167
https://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/handle/2027.42/77425/654_ftp.pdf?sequence=1
https://www.healio.com/news/endocrinology/20120325/penicillin-an-accidental-discovery-changed-the-course-of-medicine
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stabilization_Act_of_1942
https://www.chicagotribune.com/opinion/commentary/ct-obamacare-health-care-employers-20170224-story.html
https://gusto.com/blog/health-insurance/employer-contribution-health-insurance
https://www.realclearhealth.com/articles/2019/07/24/bringing_more_competition_to_health_insurance_110931.html
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cORAja_LI_Y
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Current projections suggest that the world's population will hit 8 billion by 2024. What will this mean for our natural resources?
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kG_3dZJPckk
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Contrary to popular belief, only 14% of the money that belongs to the nation's top 1% comes from inheritance. For the vast majority, wealth has been self-generated. Seamus helps Bob come to the realization that a larger inheritance tax does more harm than it does good.
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Produced by Sean W. Malone
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S50MrsFNnBg
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We’ve got smart phones and Netflix. All thanks to... specialization and division of labor!
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lGe9Q4vIVko
On this episode of Common Sense Soapbox, the gang finds themselves washed up on a desert island. Bob posts an SOS on social media hoping someone will save them, but gets fact checked on an irrelevant detail. Seamus takes the opportunity to explain why checkers might not have our best interest at heart…
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Research by Matt Hampton & Tyler Brandt
Animated by Seamus Coughlin
Produced & Edited by Sean W. Malone
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LINKS:
https://www.instagram.com/p/CU0GM07N-lb/
https://www.slowboring.com/p/the-medias-lab-leak-fiasco
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/05/30/beware-expert-consensus-covid-19-lab-leak-theory-shows-why/
https://youtu.be/leX541Dr2rU
https://youtu.be/FooO8KbPEWY
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/weekly-standard/lies-damned-lies-and-fact-checking
https://www.investors.com/politics/editorials/fact-checkers-big-media/
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2015/aug/24/jim-webb/jim-webb-says-us-didnt-have-income-taxes-until-191/
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2012/jan/31/ron-paul/ron-paul-says-federal-income-tax-rate-was-0-percen/
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/aoc-capitol-attack/
https://www.ncll.org/news-alerts/snopes-fact-checks-christian-satire-site-babylon-bee
https://www.wsj.com/articles/a-fact-checker-declares-war-on-satire-11566428259
https://www.facebook.com/Logicologist/posts/10111246379921289
https://www.facebook.com/Logicologist/posts/10111239642997139
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X-6fVneMhgM