Can we all calm down about death spirals? Yes, recent HealthCare.gov news has been dismal at best. Yes, the administration is statutorily locked in to the open enrollment
Yesterday I encouraged you to read the NY Magazine piece by Stephen Hall on the cost of cancer drugs. If you haven’t read it yet, you should,
From Angus Deaton’s superb new book, The Great Escape: Health, Wealth, and the Origins of Inequality: Economists — my own tribe — think that people
I’m not in any way saying Obamacare caused these results, but they certainly do fly in the face of the “Obamacare is causing everyone to
The Lancet brings the pain. “Effects of vitamin D supplements on bone mineral density: a systematic review and meta-analysis“: Background: Findings from recent meta-analyses of vitamin
As always, I didn’t write the title. But the rest of the thoughts over at CNN.com on the ongoing Obamacare website disaster are mine. Go
A question via Twitter: @afrakt @cflav @jonathanchait Can Obama unilaterally extend open enrollment period if ACA to attempt to lessen rollout problem impacts? — Lorne
As soon as he heard that, Bach, who has been documenting the dizzying rise of cancer-drug prices since 2009, immediately jumped into an elevator to
From a recent, systematic review by Nicole Steck and colleagues: @afrakt
If website woes necessitate a delay, no congressional authorization is required. Want the details? Of course you do! Go read them in the new Bloomberg
Seroprevalence of Herpes Simplex Virus Types 1 and 2—United States, 1999–2010: Background: Herpes simplex virus types 1 and 2 (HSV-1 and HSV-2) are common infections with
One of this weekend’s worthwhile reads was Tyler Cowen’s NYT op-ed on the Affordable Care Act and the future of health reform. On Medicaid, he
