Adventures in Indiana State Fair Food 2012
Aaron Carroll August 6, 2012
I just can’t believe it’s already August. That means it’s time for my family’s annual jaunt to the Indiana State Fair. More specifically, it’s time
I just can’t believe it’s already August. That means it’s time for my family’s annual jaunt to the Indiana State Fair. More specifically, it’s time
The two parties continue to debate the full impact of the 2009 stimulus—A.K.A. the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA). As detailed in a terrific
In JAMA, Zirui Song, David Cutler, and Michael Chernew estimate some of the consequences of the Ryan-Wyden premium support plan for Medicare. Nationally, in 2009, the
Actually, this applies to Olympic diving too. From DogHouseDiaries: @afrakt
Brad Flansbaum draws my attention via Twitter to a remarkable story reported by Lela Moore in the New York Times. Arizona State doctoral student Arijit
Getting the Methods Right — The Foundation of Patient-Centered Outcomes Research, by Sherine E. Gabriel and Sharon-Lise T. Normand (The New England Journal of Medicine)
I’ve written many times about tort reform and how it’s not a means of cost control. It turns out that it’s also not constitutional in
After reading the following, can you guess what I was doing last night instead of enjoying the Olympics? Also, does this suggest a clerical arbitrage
As my recent post documented, SUD treatment is both effective for patients and has large, positive spillovers to society. So why is it underfunded and
I was amused by an article in the WSJ yesterday. I even loved the name. “Medical Time Warp“: Under pressure to squeeze out costs, some
Sara Rosenbaum and Timothy Westmoreland argue that the CBO and JCT incorrectly interpreted the Supreme Court’s ruling on the Medicaid expansion. That interpretation is an
We can debate the importance of life expectancy as a metric of quality in a health care system, but few can deny it’s still worthwhile