Day: February 3, 2010

Explaining Research – The Moral Hazard Problem

Aaron Carroll - RA Archives February 3, 2010

A reader points me to a study out in the New England Journal of Medicine this week. The abstract: Background When copayments for ambulatory care

Understanding the Employer Based Insurance Tax Subsidy

Austin Frakt February 3, 2010

The economist’s knock on employer based insurance is that it is paid with pre-tax dollars. That means that each dollar of worker compensation in the

Mark Pauly on Health Reform

Austin Frakt February 3, 2010

Mark Pauly has published two interesting pieces relevant to health reform in the New England Journal of Medicine in the last month or so. Both