Apparently Megan McArdle is not convinced that health insurance promotes health. I assume she (and any reasonable minded individual) would agree that death can be
Paul Erdös (1913-1996) holds the record for the most academic publications in mathematics. He was also famously itinerant, traveling continuously between the homes of colleagues
I know I haven’t been posting much lately. I think I’ve just become a little burned out on the whole health care reform thing. But
Conventional wisdom is that we all should have an emergency fund (EF), a chunk of cash (or equivalent) set aside for use when financial trouble
Schools were closed all across the Boston metro region today. My family figures for today’s “snow” day follow. Number of hours of school/after-school care missed:
A reader asked me to explain these sentences from a recent post by Jon Cohn: Health care reform actually is a jobs program. A recent
The foundation of one component of Obama’s legacy may be established with his planned health care summit. We saw a preview two weeks ago in
Some of you have noticed that I haven’t posted in a few days. Mostly that’s because not much is going on from a policy standpoint.
From time to time I post things that are essentially pages of my research notebook. It’s a way for me to keep track of important
A reader was confused as to why the special tax treatment of employer based health insurance premiums is considered a “tax subsidy.” I appreciate the
Jenny Gold’s Kaiser Heath News piece today on the antitrust exemption is worth a read. She rounds up the opinions and, more importantly, explains what
