Month: December 2009

Restaurant Table Turnover

I’m on a blog break this week and all posts are reruns. The next new post will appear in the new year. This post originally

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Various metrics for quality

Yesterday on the radio I talked about quality in the United States’ health care system.  I mentioned a handful of metrics that could be used,

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Wealth Destruction

I’m on a blog break this week and all posts are reruns. The next new post will appear in the new year. This post originally

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Short of repeal…

Austin Frakt makes a good point that opponents of health care might not repeal the bill, but could weaken it: What I think is more

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Thank you, CBO!

What Megan McArdle said: I would like to point out that there is one group that is especially deserving of a holiday:  the CBO analysts

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It won't be repealed

I know I’m getting ahead myself here, because the bill hasn’t even passed yet, but I’m amazed at the noise people are making about repealing

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Cost control in the bill

Those of you who have heard me talk about health care reform know that I have a number of problems with the bill.  I think

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Back to work – Life Expectancy

Back from my vacation/trip.  No surprise – nothing has changed.  Lots of bluster, lots of politics, little substance. But one bit of data caught my

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