Quote: A lousy Medicaid argument
Austin Frakt October 21, 2013
O.K., you know what to do: Google “spurious correlation health.” You are immediately led to the tale of certain Pacific Islanders who long believed that having
O.K., you know what to do: Google “spurious correlation health.” You are immediately led to the tale of certain Pacific Islanders who long believed that having
Well over a week ago, a few wonks exchanged tweets with Harold and me about recommended health policy books. Below is a list built from
As is the case with epidemiologists, the fundamental challenge faced by economists — and a root cause of many disagreements in the field — is
How Product Standardization Affects Choice: Evidence from the Massachusetts Health Insurance Exchange by Keith Marzilli Ericson and Amanda Starc (National Bureau of Economic Research) Standardization
Our results suggest that some types of placebo treatments can be, on average, associated with greater improvements than others. Although our study cannot prove that
In the ACA, Congress chose market-based cost controls over measures that are common internationally, such as global budgets. Mandating coverage while requiring affordable premiums without
I do wish they’d stop delivering them. I mostly use them to get a bit of exercise as I haul them from the bottom of
Prior TIE coverage of the Oregon Medicaid Experiment is here, and the new NBER working paper on labor force and public program effects is here.
Costly tests that once would have required physicians to submit multiple collection vials and specimens can now be ordered with the Pap smear simply by
First-week glitches were easy to brush off. Now that we’re rounding into the third week, the glitch narrative is turning toward back-end (insurer) problems that
In 2011, Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) actuaries made two predictions about the implications of Affordable Care Act (ACA) cuts to the prices
There’s nothing about the income verification measures that passed Wednesday night that will change Obamacare, aside from a few staff members at Health and Human