Heathcare Triage: Preventive Care is Good, Even Though It’s Not Saving Money
The idea that spending more on preventive care will reduce overall health care spending is widely believed and often promoted as a reason to support
The idea that spending more on preventive care will reduce overall health care spending is widely believed and often promoted as a reason to support
This post is part of a series in which I’m dedicating a month to learning about periods in history this year. The full schedule can
I’m going to spend March learning about the Fall of Rome and the Dark Ages. You’ve already also given me some great ideas. I want to post
I’ve got a new piece at Vox digging into Idaho’s decision to flout the Affordable Care Act. If you want to learn something about Idaho
The data on mass shootings show that the frequency of these killings has been increasing. Many of the killers have used military-style rifles, including the
Every once in a while, we like to take a moment and focus on health systems around the world. Today, we’re looking at Taiwan, which
The following originally appeared on The Upshot (copyright 2018, The New York Times Company). Even before any proposed cuts take effect, Medicaid is already lean in one key area:
The scale and frequency of mass killings have been increasing, and this is likely to continue. One reason — but just one — is that
Some people argue that mass shootings in America result from mental health problem and require mental health policy solutions. Can this work? Let’s think through
Last week, the American Hospital Association (AHA) posted a critique of a recent, NEJM-published study by Sunita Desai and Michael McWilliams examining the effects of the 340B
Recently, the Trump administration put forward plans to force all the able-bodied lazy people with Medicaid coverage to finally get jobs. The problem with this
A new NBER working paper by Michael Darden, Ian McCarthy, and Eric Barrette claims to have found evidence of hospital cost shifting. I’m not so