A silver lining: parliamentarian ruled against including the Pharma-giveaway Orphan Cures Act from the reconciliation bill. Arnold Ventures

The lesson here is never believe Congress when they enact spending now and promise savings later. Never.

🚨 NEW: The Senate serves up a second helping of pork 🐷 While they trimmed some of the House’s worst tax handouts, they also kept billions in pork, and added billions more — far outside the House's budget target. Here’s what was cut, kept, and cooked up anew:

Reversing which fuels get subsidized and which get penalized every time control of Washington shifts is about the stupidest way to run an energy system that needs long term planning and stable supply chains.

NEW podcast episode is up! John Arnold with Dr. Peter Attia — The Greatest Energy Trader of All Time on Lessons Learned, Walking Away from Wall Street, and Reinventing Philanthropy In this special episode, my friend—and fan-favorite guest—Dr. Peter Attia takes the mic as guest

So many industries now use quick-payoff, lottery-style mechanics to spark demand, turning us all into what Scott Galloway calls dopamonsters. - Daily stock options and 3x ETFs rather than mutual funds - In-game and parlays rather than point spread - Daily fantasy rather than

Very few programs have (1) multiple, rigorous evaluations (2) showing strong and consistent results (3) robust across locations and providers (4) with long term follow-up (5) and can broadly scale. That's why we Arnold Ventures are so excited about CUNY-ASAP, a program of

This changes the game in Georgia! Congratulations, Frank Russo and Right On Crime.

This is good stuff. More spending cuts and reforms that are a long time coming in the healthcare space. Site neutral in particular is a no-brainer.

😎New Hampshire housing summer is in full swing😎 Gov. Ayotte has just signed several more abundance-pilled housing bills: 🏘️Residential in commercial zones statewide + most zoning regs preempted for any conversion of a vacant commercial building to residential or mixed use

Huge amount of momentum building for reforms to build more housing. Arnold Ventures joined @Mercatus, Niskanen Center, & Up for Growth along with House Republican champions, led by Chairman Rep. Mike Flood. Thanks to Governor Kelly Armstrong, FTA Sr Advisor Molinaro & Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer for joining

Proposed rule from @CMSgov moves toward site-neutral payments, an important step toward lowering health care costs for Medicare patients. Read our full statement: bit.ly/44zbHVY

Encouraging to see Dr. Mehmet Oz & CMSGov take this long overdue step to reduce healthcare costs. Congress should follow the Trump administration’s lead and pass site neutral payment reform.

Thank you to Lisa Camooso Miller for having me on as a guest on The Friday Reporter. It was a a lot of fun sharing my perspective and the work of Arnold Ventures - give it a listen: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/adv…

A new study finds that when hospitals acquire physician practices, those doctors raise their prices by 15% within 2 years compared to independent peers. Healthcare M&A should be about integration and efficiencies. Too often, it's just about leveraging higher reimbursements rates.

👀 Cassidy announces AARP has endorsed his Medicare Advantage upcoding bill in press release just now AARP says it "protects older Americans, strengthens oversight, and helps to ensure the long-term sustainability of Medicare"

I’m not sure whether Trump’s executive orders to lower drug prices will work, but I salute the effort. Meanwhile, out of the spotlight, the federal health agencies are making real progress to cut costs and improve the healthcare system. A thread of specific actions underway: 1/10

There's a nascent trend of colleges offering a 3-year bachelor's degree that I could see becoming a norm in the future. Of 8 theories that explain the value of a 4-year degree, all but the human capital theory can be mostly satisfied in 3 years. The 4th year is as costly in

Energy powers everything-from manufacturing to AI data centers. AV CEO Kelli Rhee and Rep. Brett Guthrie discuss how bipartisan permitting reform is key to meeting electricity demand while keeping costs low. Kentucky Chamber #EnergyPolicy

I am going to win.