Duke "Office Hours" webcast

Byadmin March 8, 2011

Check out my recent webcast interview with Duke University “Office Hours”:

Health Policy

More on High Deductible Insurance Plans
Byadmin February 27, 2013

In my previous post, I showed a powerful picture (from the Kaiser Family Foundation) of the growth in high deductible insurance plans. Here is another picture from that same report, showing that the high end of these high ends is getting really high. (Click here to view comments)

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Behavioral Economics and Public Policy | Health & Well-being

Succulent Sandwiches and Consumable Calories: Who's Counting?
Byadmin May 22, 2009

Last summer, New York City made a great stride toward promoting public health, by requiring chain restaurants to prominently publish calorie counts alongside their menus. This type of regulation holds the promise of improving people’s eating habits, without restricting their freedom to order whatever they want. Theoretically, this new regulation should help consumers make better…

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Health Policy

Variation in Medicare Costs Is Mainly Due to Post-Acute Care
Byadmin May 30, 2013

Health policy wonks have been pointing for a while now to large variations in Medicare spending across different parts of the country. Live in Miami, and the government is probably going to spend a heck of a lot more for you on Medicare than if you live in Minneapolis, even after accounting for how healthy or…

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Health Insurance in Massachusetts: Paying More, Getting Less
Byadmin August 19, 2013

A new report out of Massachusetts concludes that people there are paying more for their health insurance, at the same time that the services covered by their insurance are declining. Here’s a picture from a Kaiser summary of the report: The Kaiser story also points out that a big problem in Massachusetts is that people…

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Health Care Cost | Health Policy

Medicare Can Save $4 Billion On Four Cancer Drugs — Can You Guess Which Ones?
Byadmin2 April 18, 2026April 18, 2026

Medicare could save more than $4 billion by negotiating prices on just four drugs. Want to guess what those drugs are? Or what diseases they treat? Are they drugs for common diseases, with lots of people yielding lots of savings? Or for rare cancers, where the drugs are so expensive there is still lots of…

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Health Policy

Surgery Prices Online?
Byadmin August 30, 2013

The Surgery Center of Oklahoma’s decision to publicly post prices for common procedures could prompt other hospitals and medical facilities to follow suit. Want to know how much it will cost to repair your torn Achilles tendon? At the Surgery Center of Oklahoma, you won’t run into a wall of bureaucracy trying to find out: The…

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Duke "Office Hours" webcast

More on High Deductible Insurance Plans

Succulent Sandwiches and Consumable Calories: Who's Counting?

Variation in Medicare Costs Is Mainly Due to Post-Acute Care

Health Insurance in Massachusetts: Paying More, Getting Less

Medicare Can Save $4 Billion On Four Cancer Drugs — Can You Guess Which Ones?

Surgery Prices Online?

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