Day: February 19, 2015

When in doubt, maybe we should keep our mouths shut

Aaron Carroll February 19, 2015

There’s a very thoughful piece in JAMA that was just released. It places the recent USPSTF recommendations on Vitamin D (covered here by Healthcare Triage

Another call to eliminate employee weight loss programs

Aaron Carroll February 19, 2015

Austin and I have written about wellness programs before. TLDR – we’re not huge fans. A new paper in the American Journal of Managed Care

On Herzog and McArdle on externalities

Austin Frakt February 19, 2015

Externalities and Other Parasites, by Donald Herzog, is one of the best, if not the best, takedowns of economics I’ve read. And it’s hard to argue

Day: February 19, 2015

When in doubt, maybe we should keep our mouths shut

Another call to eliminate employee weight loss programs

On Herzog and McArdle on externalities

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