Day: May 7, 2014

In which I agree with Megan McArdle

Austin Frakt May 7, 2014

I began my editorial on the already famous Massachusetts mortality study, How certain are we that health insurance reduces mortality rates? Weeks before the Patient Protection

Comparing the Massachusetts mortality study to the Oregon Medicaid study

Austin Frakt May 7, 2014

Many people are contrasting the Oregon study—which didn’t find statistically significant effects of coverage on biomarkers associated with physical health—with the new Massachusetts study—which found a

Day: May 7, 2014

In which I agree with Megan McArdle

Comparing the Massachusetts mortality study to the Oregon Medicaid study

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