The ACO haircut

In NEJM, Bruce Landon puzzles over how ACOs will provide sufficient incentives for success. He makes two principal points: “[Primary care physicians] are responsible for care

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Tax whiners

Pardon my departure from health policy for a sojourn into Don Taylor’s home ground. These issues are related, since our public-sector health care obligations under

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Austin the Unstoppable

Austin the Unstoppable, a musical comedy with a message of healthy eating and exercise for kids. Let’s face it, it’s a great title. AF

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The waste constituency

As is typical of his work, Uwe Reinhardt’s latest paper (ungated pdf) is an enjoyable read, quite accessible, and illuminating. [Patients] are both objects of

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Organ failure

Suppose that you were applying to a prestigious national fellowship. There are only 100 slots, and thousands of plausible candidates across the country. Would you

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On The Record (with daily recap)

Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget: CRFB’s Realistic Baseline, 2012-22 Today in TIE: Don on the importance of the baseline in policy debates, Aaron considers

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Reading list

Do Strikes Kill? Evidence from New York State, by Jonathan Gruber and Samuel A. Kleiner (American Economic Association) Hospitals now represent one of the largest

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