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The Case against Loneliness 27 Aug 2013 | 08:30 pm
Studies of elderly people and social isolation concluded that those without adequate social interaction were twice as likely to die prematurely. The increased mortality risk is comparable to that fro...
Why is There Regional Variation in Health Care Spending? 27 Aug 2013 | 06:15 pm
One factor: what doctors believe, including false beliefs: We find patient demand is relatively unimportant in explaining variations. Physician organizational factors (such as peer effects) matter, b...
Why Insurers May Want to Keep Customers in the Dark 27 Aug 2013 | 12:30 am
Here is Austin Frakt, discussing a new paper by Benjamin Handel: The difficulty consume rs face in appreciating the value of plans and the resistance they exhibit in plan switching has a risk pooling...
How Similar is RomneyCare to ObamaCare? 26 Aug 2013 | 11:00 pm
Some features of the current Massachusetts law would be prohibited by the ACA. Massachusetts permits insurers to offer discounts to, for example, someone who works in a low-risk industry or participat...
ObamaCare May Not Be Ready On Time, and Other Links 26 Aug 2013 | 09:30 pm
Will ObamaCare be ready on time? Insider: “There’s a lot of work left until we flip the switch ― and the product we launch won’t be what was initially envisioned.” Why wolves howl. Are smarter women...
Skimpy Plans Are Legal under ObamaCare 26 Aug 2013 | 08:00 pm
Proposed and final rules issued this spring surprised many by failing to bar large employers from offering insurance policies that could exclude benefits such as hospitalization. Offering bare-bones...
Health and Higher Education 26 Aug 2013 | 06:42 pm
We spend about twice as much as other developed countries as a fraction of national output. Yet our results are mediocre. Public and private spending is growing much faster than our income ― putting u...
Societal Benefits of Knee Replacements, and Other Links 24 Aug 2013 | 12:30 am
The social benefit of a knee replacement: $10,000 to $30,000. Study: Health insurance agents and brokers make insurance shopping easier and cheaper. Less than half (47%) of women 15 and over are mar...
The Bible on Big Government 23 Aug 2013 | 11:30 pm
Samuel told all the words of the Lord to the people who were asking him for a king. 11 He said, “This is what the king who will reign over you will claim as his rights: He will take your sons and make...
Serious Injuries in 2012 23 Aug 2013 | 10:30 pm
Source: The Wall Street Journal.
