Month: June 2010

Free riders

Good article in the Boston Globe today on free riders: The number of people who appear to be gaming the state’s health insurance system by

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Common knowledge

A long time ago I blogged about the notion of common knowledge in game theory. Yesterday, over at the Cheap Talk blog, Jeff Ely put

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Anticipatory consolidation

In a comment, steve makes a good point, “[T]he rumor is that my hospital is going to buy up practices in anticipation of an ACO

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Your tax dollars at work

A reader sent a link to the following paper. I had no idea. Abnormal Returns from the Common Stock Investments of the U.S. Senate, by Alan

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ACOs: Many questions, few answers

The 2010 AcademyHealth Annual Research Meeting has concluded. Over the coming weeks to months I’ll post on some things I learned, starting with this post. (I also

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Slightly shameless self-promotion

Austin Frakt acknowledges me (and this blog) in his latest Kaiser Health news column: [T]he volume of [Medicare] health care services remains unconstrained. As it

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Medicare doc fix lemonade

My latest Kaiser Health News column is out. Do you need a teaser? [T]he volume of [Medicare] health care services remains unconstrained. As it grows,

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