Healthcare Economist
An unbiased look at how best to allocate the scarce resource that is medical care.
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May 16, 12 11:07PMIs tele-medicine/internet-medicine the wave of the future? Or do these alternative treatment methods just make it easier for patients and providers to engage in fraudulent and/or unsafe behavior s...
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May 16, 12 06:40AMHow much does it cost to insure your family? Should your doctor be using Facebook? Can the Facebook IPO save California’s budget? Britain: “the clearest failure seemed to be health care.&r dquo...
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May 14, 12 11:35PMChina standard is living as funds from export industries eventually trickle down into the earnings of (some) ordinary Chinese. Where are the Chinese spending their newfound wealth? In part, the answer...
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May 14, 12 05:58AMAntibiotics such as penicillin have helped to fight numerous diseases such as syphilis, and infections caused by staphylococci and streptococci. However, overuse of antibiotics is a problem nbsp...
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May 11, 12 11:40AMGovernor Chris Christie vetoes a bill today that would form have created a health exchange in New Jersey. “While I appreciate the Legislature’s attempt to find steady policy footing in the se...
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May 11, 12 06:44AMFor patients with osteoarthritis, the answer is not at all. A paper in the New England Journal of Medicine examined 180 patients 75 years old or younger, that had osteoarthritis of the knee, nbsp...
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May 10, 12 06:49AMThe latest edition of the health work review is up at InsureBlog.
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May 10, 12 12:02AMSome medical procedures and tests are unnecessary. Others can even be harmful to patients. In an effort to reduce the frequency of these services, Consumer Reports is teaming with the nbsp...
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May 09, 12 06:43AMWalletectomy. Obamacare veto in Alabama? Hospital appointment scalpers. No more ‘bowling alone’? Colbert on ER debt panels.
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May 08, 12 06:36AMSurprisingly (or perhaps not) most Americans have limited liquid financial resources during their retirement years. From the NBER Bulletin on Aging and Health: “…for many households ldquo...
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