I learned of Ben Polak through his course Econ 159, available online through Open Yale Courses (see my review). In addition to being a superb
This post is authored by Austin Frakt’s mother and is about his late maternal grandfather. It has been published in the January-March 2010 issue of
Recently I wrote about the September 2009 Health Affairs paper by Dobson et al. “How A New ‘Public Plan’ Could Affect Hospitals’ Finances And Private
Blogging will be very light over the next two days. I’m in NYC to tape an episode of the Dr. Oz TV show about medical
At a reader’s request I’ve been writing about the financing problems facing Medicare. The first post contrasted Medicare’s issues with those of Social Security. The
I put this together for a friend, but there’s no reason not to share it here. He’s a primer on the bill the House just
The House passed health care reform on Saturday night. I can’t believe it’s been this hard. How far has the Right (and the Left) moved
Leemore Dafny, with colleagues Mark Duggan and Subramaniam Ramanarayanan, has produced yet another fascinating paper on consolidation in the health insurance industry (I mentioned another
The health care reform process is heading into what may be the home stretch. As we record this program mid-week, the House and Senate are
There are many odd things people say all the time about health care in the United States, but this one always makes my hair stand
I just responded to an email that veered from upsetting to disturbing. However, some points were worth addressing. I try very hard to remain apolitical
