Day: February 22, 2013

Community rating has an economic rationale

Austin Frakt February 22, 2013

I had a bit of a Twitter flurry this morning, with some back-and-forth with Avik Roy. One of the things that came up in the

Cancer testing in your bathroom

Austin Frakt February 22, 2013

The do-it-yourself test market, estimated at $2 billion to $3 billion globally, is expanding 20 percent a year as new checks for colon and prostate

Switzerland still doesn’t prove we need less regulation

Aaron Carroll February 22, 2013

Avik Roy and Douglas Holtz-Eakin reply to the many people who have discussed their recent piece. I’m going to ignore the discussion of politics and

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