A podcast about taxes, spending, and regulation. I started it with Danny Heil in October 2024 and now host it with Brian Miller. [One line on the name.] Listen on Apple, Spotify, or YouTube, or subscribe by RSS.
- Ep 14The Lessons from Part D and Public-Private Partnerships for the Rest of Medicare with Eric Hargan Oct 14, 2026
The former acting HHS secretary on why Part D came in under its cost estimate and how the rest of Medicare could benefit from more price competition
- Ep 13It’s Time for a Fiscal Commission to Fix the Debt w/Congressman Lloyd Smucker Oct 5, 2026
Brian Miller interviews House Budget Committee vice chair Lloyd Smucker about America being $40 trillion in debt and why voters have to be part of the solution
- Ep 12Why Does Medicare Pay Different Prices for the Same Procedures? Site Neutral Payments w/Charlie Katebi Sep 24, 2026
Why adopting site neutral policy in Medicare is a no brainer (unless you’re the hospital lobby)
- Ep 11MAC Attack: The Regional Monopolies That Pay Your Medicare Claims with Karen Jackson Aug 10, 2026
How MAC Reform Could Better Serve Seniors on Medicare
- Ep 10Who Says No When You Try to Reform Medicare? Jun 23, 2026
A Tour of the Lawmakers, Lobbyists, and Lettered Agencies That Run Healthcare Policy
- Ep 9Why Aren’t Doctors Competing With Hospitals? May 18, 2026
Brian Miller on how physician-owned hospitals would drive clinical innovation, entrepreneurship, and lower costs…if we let them
- Ep 8The Good, The Bad, and The Missing from the One Big Beautiful Budget Bill Jun 25, 2025
Why we need spending cuts and why we're probably not going to get them
- Ep 7Not So Reciprocal Tariffs Apr 3, 2025
How bad are the newly announced Trump tariffs and what can Congress do about them?
- Ep 610 Health Policy Options for the Incoming Trump Administration Jan 17, 2025
What sort of health care agenda do we hope to see adopted in 2025?
- Ep 5What Explains the Doctor Shortage in America? Nov 20, 2024
How Medicare’s GME payments artificially capped the number of new doctors
- Ep 4Can Trump Cut $2 Trillion From the Federal Budget? Nov 15, 2024
Grover Cleveland could do it, but we have our doubts about today's politicians.
- Ep 3What Parts of Trump’s Tax Cuts Are Expiring? Nov 7, 2024
"There are points in time when Congress has to actually address what we want the tax code to look like."
- Ep 2What Are The Least Terrible Policies From Each Presidential Campaign? Nov 1, 2024
"This is a very optimistic podcast."
- Ep 1Is It Time to Regulate Prices in Health Care? Oct 25, 2024
"We don't love this idea of price regulation. And by price regulation, we literally mean you aren't allowed to price according to this regulation."
A weekly conversation with Hoover senior fellow Richard Epstein on law and public policy. I hosted 124 episodes from June 2021 to December 2024. Browse the Hoover archive, or listen on Podbean.