Full Disclosure
Austin Frakt
October 6, 2009
OK fine, the FTC is forcing my hand. Of the things I’ve reviewed to date the only one I received for free that I would
OK fine, the FTC is forcing my hand. Of the things I’ve reviewed to date the only one I received for free that I would
I’m getting a lot of emails about Bobby Jindal’s “proposal” in the Washington Post yesterday. My sarcasm is starting to bleed through here, but it’s
This post is the first of several related to saving for your children’s education. Subsequent posts will cover how much to save and in what
One of the most frustrating aspects of the health care reform debate is how often everyone pretends that we have no good options. We let
Some have argued that Medicare Advantage (MA) HMOs provide benefits to Medicare beneficiaries at lower cost than could be provided by traditional fee-for-service (FFS) Medicare. Though
Some past presidents of the AMA wrote an editorial in the WSJ today. First of all, I find it amusing that past presidents of the
A recent Business Week article summarized an argument against a public option that is based on the unfounded claims of cost shifting made by insurers and
Back during the primaries, I met with a health care legislative staffer for a candidate for President. Her candidate favored reform much as we see
Acknowledgments: Four other Frakts provided helpful comments on early drafts of this post (my mom, dad, uncle, and cousin David). “Frakt” is a funny and
I’ve been receiving a fair amount of email about my recent posts. An alarming number seem to be accusing me of failing to adequately support
Four years into my very technical, very mathy graduate training, I spent the summer of 1998 in DC learning a few things about science and
Well, that was rude. I’ve been watching the Senate Finance Committee all week to see how they ruled on a number of issues. They didn’t