Day: August 21, 2013

Len Nichols’ seven health care challenges

Austin Frakt August 21, 2013

All seven are worth reading and discussing. Here’s just one: Challenge #2: Tell the American People the Truth It is stunning how hard it has

The end of diet debates

Aaron Carroll August 21, 2013

I’d just post the whole thing if I could. “A Call for an End to the Diet Debates” (emphasis mine): As the obesity epidemic persists,

Adverse selection at every turn

Austin Frakt August 21, 2013

Benjamin Handel’s paper “Adverse Selection and Inertia in Health Insurance Markets: When Nudging Hurts” (forthcoming in the American Economic Review) is fascinating. It’s about two things: (1) “inertia”

Day: August 21, 2013

Len Nichols’ seven health care challenges

The end of diet debates

Adverse selection at every turn

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