I’ve now had a chance to read Daeho Kim’s working paper “Medicare Payment Reform and Hospital Costs” (ungated pdf). It has already received some attention
RWJF: Policy Brief on Independent Payment Advisory Board (IPAB) Today in TIE: Reflex, Austin concludes his premium support series, Don looks at a piece saying
Paul Starr (who literally wrote the book on health care in America) has a thoughtful piece up about the individual mandate and health care reform.
Julian Pecquet expects continued attacks on and challenges to the ACA. “Its first life-or-death experience lies in the hands of the Supreme Court, which could
Short piece in the latest NEJM claiming that clinical quality improvements will typically fail to result in bottom line cost savings due to the cost
This post is part of a series. If you haven’t read the prior posts in the series, you really should. The introduction explains what I’m doing and
The recent deaths of Christopher Hitchens and Vaclav Havel provide a timely reminder that tobacco use is the most prevalent behavioral threat to life and
This post is part of a series. If you haven’t read the prior posts in the series, you really should. The introduction explains what I’m doing and
Aaron noted the passing of Christopher Hitchens. Hitchens was such a brilliant writer. He was also another vibrant person cut short by smoking and by recklessly excessive
From the most recent edition of The New Yorker (h/t @ddoublep): AF
GAO: Health Oppty Accounts Demonstration in Medicaid BPC: Domenici-Rivlin Proect Medicare Act Brookings: Controlling Medicare Costs: Is Premium Support the Answer?(video archive soon) Today in
Premium support: A primer, by Ron Haskins, Henry Aaron, James Capretta, Pete Domenici, and Alice Rivlin. Court-Ordered Reimbursement for Unproven Medical Technology: Circumventing Technology Assessment, by
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