One of the persistent misunderstandings of mental illness was — unfortunately — perfectly expressed in a recent Slate Magazine article. Discussing the Oregon Medicaid Experiment, the
I wrote last year about a study that showed that multivitamins appeared to lower your risk of cancer. Later, I wrote about how they didn’t
In a follow-up to my EconTalk discussion with Russ Roberts about the Oregon Health Insurance Experiment (OHIE), he interviewed Jim Manzi about it this week.
My friend Hank Aaron (yes the economist, not the baseball guy) sent along a nice review essay on this subject, simply titled: “What Should the Supreme
From interfluidity and via Tyler Cowen: @afrakt
Zachary Marcum, Mary Ann Sevick, and Steven Handler in JAMA: Medication nonadherence is widely recognized as a common and costly problem. Approximately 30% to 50%
Levy and Meltzer’s update of their 2004 book chapter on the effect of health insurance on health is not new. It was published in 2008,
Rep. Markey (D-MA) has studied the problem carefully (NECC is in his district) and has filed a thoughtful bill in Congress today (one pager here;
In early April I offered an analogy to illustrate reference pricing. The post was provocatively titled “Copayments are stupid.” Perhaps for that reason it garnered a considerable number of
The use of psychiatric medications with young children has increased greatly in the US over the last 25 years, including 0.3% of US children under
I’ve written many times on how it’s rational for wealthier countries to spend more on health care than poorer countries. I’ve even graphed GDP vs health
Michael Hiltzik’s article in the LA Times doesn’t pull any punches: But you’d be hard-pressed to find a campaign against the ACA as narrow-minded and
