David Brooks claimed earlier this week, with respect to cost controls in health care, that: The fact is, there is no dispositive empirical proof about
Act one of this week’s This American Life is a horrific tale of a doctor, among other things, gone bad in a rural Texas hospital.
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One of the things we try and cling to here at TIE is evidence, the best of which comes from rigorous peer reviewed research. David
Yesterday’s post provided an overview of the cost of smoking, and estimated that the social cost of smoking is around $40 per pack (in 2000
Jared Bernstein alerts us that, The Republican House Budget Committee has a snazzy YouTube video up featuring Rep. Paul Ryan defending his plan to voucherize Medicare.
Medicare pays suppliers of medical equipment based on indexed administrative prices from 25 years ago. These prices do not reflect today’s market. For example, a
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