Aaron Carroll has some wise words to keep in mind when interpreting studies of the Medicaid or uninsured populations: Insurance doesn’t equal care. Insurance can
Robert Pear’s article in the NY Times this weekend missed a key point about the Administration’s legal defense of the individual mandate, which hinges on
This post is part of a multi-post series on the filibuster in the U.S. Senate. An index to all other posts in the series, as
I’ve been away the last few days and trying to relax. Now that I’m catching up, I see Austin Frakt and Avik Roy are having
I’m looking for health savings accounts (HSAs) and consumer directed health plan (CDHP) literature reviews (and by “literature,” I mean peer-reviewed health services and health economics
Sometimes when I critique an element of a broader set of proposals or raise a question about some research it is mistaken for a wholesale
In a comment to my post on the “disruptive innovation” ideas of Christensen, Grossman, and Hwang, Uwe Reinhardt provided some insight that escaped my relatively less
Just in case folks don’t read comments, here are some good ones by steve and another by Jay related to my recent posts about Medicaid
Avik Roy responds to my post. He lists several more studies that find Medicaid patients have far worse outcomes than privately insured ones and the
Two articles of interest in yesterday’s Boston Globe. I don’t have time to comment much. Insurers hawk plans with less choice, by Reed Abelson As
Never draw broad policy conclusions from one study. It could hurt your brain. Well it hurts mine, anyway. Avik Roy writes, Medicaid so severely underpays
