Why Is the Healthcare System Broken? Speaker Panel

Mapping Americans' Per Capita Health Care Spending By State Health care represents a major share of consumer spending in America, but the amount spent per resident varies considerably by location. New data from the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis highlights the differences in per-capita health care spending across the country in 2024. The map below, via Visual Capitalist's Srijaa Chatterjee, ranks every state using the latest Personal Consumption Expenditures by State data from the BEA. Figures are reported in current dollars and allocated according to residents’ state of residence. Which States Spend the Most on...

4 Key Points From New White House Counter-Terror Strategy Authored by Ryan Morgan via The Epoch Times, President Donald Trump’s administration rolled out its new counterterrorism strategy overview on May 6, articulating recent policy shifts and new pledges going forward. The 16-page strategy guide seeks to articulate an “America First” approach to dealing with militants, extremists, and criminal enterprises. “For the 25th Anniversary of the 9/11 terror attacks, America has returned to a common sense and reality-based Counterterrorism Strategy,” the document states. “President Trump has [effected] a complete revision of how we defeat threats...

Blue Owl Plunges After Halting Redemptions On Private Credit Retail Fund Things are getting from bad to worse for Private Credit giant Blue Owl Capital. The last time we looked at the firm's precarious liquidity situation about a month ago, we found that the Blue Owl BDC would allow for 17% redemptions as investors, burned by both the tumbling stock price and the company's massive exposure to ticking private credit time bombs, were storming for the exit.  Blue Owl BDC Allows for 17% Redemptions as Investors Storm Exit: BBG — zerohedge (@zerohedge) January...