People think doctors are greedy bastards
I was reading Jon Chait discussing a post over at The Corner on Barney Frank talking about the banking bill. Stay with me; I’ll bring
I was reading Jon Chait discussing a post over at The Corner on Barney Frank talking about the banking bill. Stay with me; I’ll bring
In response to my WordPress bleg I received several kind offers of help. TFB put in some effort on my blog’s style file, and Jim
My latest is up. HCR is really not much fun for anyone anymore, is it? Debate the Solution, But Don’t Deny the Problem Enjoy!
With the race for the Senate seat once occupied by Edward Kennedy looking tight just days before the election, Obama and Democrats met for a
A late 2009 NBER paper by Alma Cohen and Peter Siegelman reviews the literature on adverse selection in insurance markets. Adverse selection becomes a problem
As we’ve discussed previously, the Senate seems to have the upper hand in negotiations on hoe to merge its bill with the House. That doesn’t
I’ve received some questions from readers via the website contact form. In general I prefer that questions or comments about a post be submitted as
I’m starting to see the employer mandate (Senate style) more clearly. This doesn’t change what I wrote earlier, just supplements it. The penalty for offering
As regular readers know I’m watching the media carefully for hints of how the final health reform bill will turn out. Today we learn that
In a post late last year on correlation and causality I touched on the role theory plays in making causal inferences. Specifically, I indicated that
I was on Sound Medicine again this weekend. Congress is getting back to work this week after its holiday recess: the House resumes Monday, and
Last week I was giving a lecture on quality in health care systems, and showed some slides on the pretty crappy mortality rates in a