Day: May 23, 2013

Compounding pharmacy bills

Kevin Outterson May 23, 2013

Rep. Markey (D-MA) has studied the problem carefully (NECC is in his district) and has filed a thoughtful bill in Congress today (one pager here;

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Copayments are stupid, ctd.

Austin Frakt May 23, 2013

In early April I offered an analogy to illustrate reference pricing. The post was provocatively titled “Copayments are stupid.” Perhaps for that reason it garnered a considerable number of

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GDP vs health care spending

Aaron Carroll May 23, 2013

I’ve written many times on how it’s rational for wealthier countries to spend more on health care than poorer countries. I’ve even graphed GDP vs health

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