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Ineffective Nudge?

Byadmin August 2, 2016

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Power of Analogy
Byadmin September 8, 2014

From time to time in this blog, I take a moment to celebrate fine writing. Here is an example I came across in an article in Smithsonian magazine from May 2014. The author, Corey Powell , was trying to explain how astronomers use gravitational “tug” to indirectly reveal the existence of planets. In other words, they can’t…

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Would Jesus’ Politics Be More Like Trump’s Or Nancy Pelosi’s?
Byadmin May 2, 2019January 15, 2020

To my liberal friends, Donald Trump’s polices are a moral abomination (not to mention, his own personal behavior which, of course, I just mentioned). To my conservative friends, Donald Trump and his policies are, quite literally, a godsend (as the press secretary made clear). Flip the topic to Nancy Pelosi, and you’ll find a similar divide….

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The Surprising Truth About The Rising Price Of Generic Medications
Byadmin February 22, 2019

In recent years, it feels like we’ve been inundated by stories of greedy pharmaceutical companies jacking up the price of important generic medications. In 2015, “Pharma Bro” Martin Shkreli, recognized that no other generic companies were manufacturing Daraprim, a drug used to treat infections common among people with AIDS. So he raised the price of…

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Warning To RFK Jr: Mess With Medicare Payment And Physicians Will Fight Back
Byadmin2 December 11, 2024December 11, 2024

The starting salary of an orthopedic surgeon in the United States is $565,000. Family medicine physicians, by contrast, can expect a starting salary closer to $250,000, a good living by almost any measure, but a pay disparity that doesn’t strike most experts as reflecting the value, or importance, of these two specialties. If Kennedy wants…

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The Connection Between Great Science and Great Writing
Byadmin December 12, 2016

Often great science depends on keen observation. Darwin built his theory of evolution on detailed observations of everything from birds to beetles. Jane Goodall revolutionized our understanding of primate behavior by staring at chimpanzees for hours and days. But not just staring at them, noticing them. She saw things most observers would not have picked…

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Marketplace Coverage of Our Recent Study
Byadmin April 11, 2016

One of my favorite radio shows, Marketplace, did a story on our recent study, in which we showed that physicians sometimes miss out on opportunities to help patients lower their out-of-pocket expenses. The piece features a medical student who’s been working with me on this project, Wynn Hunter, who is making his first national public…

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Ineffective Nudge?

Power of Analogy

Would Jesus’ Politics Be More Like Trump’s Or Nancy Pelosi’s?

The Surprising Truth About The Rising Price Of Generic Medications

Warning To RFK Jr: Mess With Medicare Payment And Physicians Will Fight Back

The Connection Between Great Science and Great Writing

Marketplace Coverage of Our Recent Study

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