Reading list
Adrianna McIntyre October 5, 2013
Geographic Variation in Commercial Medical-Care Expenditures: A Framework for Decomposing Price and Utilization by Abe Dunn, Adam Shapiro, and Eli Liebman (Journal of Health Economics)
Geographic Variation in Commercial Medical-Care Expenditures: A Framework for Decomposing Price and Utilization by Abe Dunn, Adam Shapiro, and Eli Liebman (Journal of Health Economics)
How do you turn a 1953 VW Beetle into a sphere? I have no idea. But Ichwan Noor knows how. More at the link. @afrakt
I recently explained how too many plan choices can hamper optimal decision-making. Well, so does too much information about those choices. More by me on
This morning, I was discussing with a colleague Ezra Klein’s Wonkblog takedown of the federal exchange website. He points to a “darkly amusing” Reddit thread full
Katherine Neuhausen, Michael Spivey, and Arthur Kellermann in NEJM: Currently, Medicaid DSH [Disproportionate Share Hospital program] disburses $11.5 billion annually to the states, which have considerable
Many people want to know if they are eligible for premium tax credits for marketplace (exchange) plans. I’ve been asked this question numerous times and
A sweeping national effort to extend health coverage to millions of Americans will leave out two-thirds of the poor blacks and single mothers and more
That’s the title of a short Perspective article in NEJM this week: I suppose we’ve all been asked that question: What would you do if
In a paper forthcoming in the Journal of Health Economics, David Johnston, Stefanie Schurer, and Michael Shields explore intergenerational relationships of mental health. It’s positively correlated
The US health system has pervasive quality of care problems. Aaron showed this in comprehensive detail (start here). The famous report To Err is Human estimated
Hospital systems in my area, like hospital systems all over the country, are laying off people. They are also often blaming this on “Obamacare”. This
You can download it here. I don’t have it in my to go over premium support mechanics again, but you can read all about them