Does Regulation Always Tighten?
Austin Frakt
May 20, 2010
Here’s Robin Hanson’s regulation ratchet theory (via Bryan Caplan): Look, in any area where we let humans do things, every once in a while there
Here’s Robin Hanson’s regulation ratchet theory (via Bryan Caplan): Look, in any area where we let humans do things, every once in a while there
Thanks go to BradF for some pointers to the evidence and debate over salt’s effect on health. He directed me to Marion Nestle of the
I published a paper in 2005 with Steve Pizer and Roger Feldman on the curious and costly way regional PPOs were encouraged to enter the
As many of you know, I have more than a passing interest in surveys and polls, especially when it comes to health care reform. I’m
In a comment, steve (not co-blogger Steve) reminded me of a very good post by Scott Sumner that illustrates the endogeneity of prices with respect
I did my semi-annual office clean up yesterday. That mostly involves going through piles of papers and tossing, filing, or doing something useful with them.
A 1998 paper by Joe Newhouse and Mark McClellan in the Annual Review of Public Health is insightful on the limitations of randomized controlled trials
Having just spent too many hours on this, I’m posting it so I won’t forget it. Maybe it’ll save some other folks some time too.
Perhaps you’re of the mind that the only way to learn anything of value is by randomized controlled trial (RCT). I disagree with that position.
I know I harp on health care costs all the time. Well, almost all the time. But it’s because they are huge. Way more than
The notion that employers might stop offering health insurance coverage once decent policies are more readily available on exchanges warrants some concern. It would actually
My latest Kaiser Health News column is posted. It includes this parable: Our frustration with the soaring cost of health care is like a mother