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 READ MORE
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, READ MORE
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” READ MORE