Is Health Insurance Too Cheap?

Byadmin April 30, 2012

Researchers at USC recently published a study designed to find out how much people are willing to pay for better drug coverage from their health insurance plan…(Read the rest and view comments at Scientocracy)

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Did You Know That Obamacare Causes Diabetes? Here's Why It Happens And Why It's A Good Thing
Byadmin September 22, 2016

Obamacare is a big, messy law with so many moving parts, it is often hard to tell how well it’s working. People debate whether it is killing jobs or creating them; they argue about whether it is lowering medical expenses or raising them. These debates often feel irresolvable because the law, being a national one,…

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Designing a Better Restaurant Menu
Byadmin September 18, 2014

My friend and colleague Brian Wansink, from Cornell University, worked with some colleagues to design a preliminary restaurant menu, that maximizes the odds the people will order healthy foods. Trick number one: don’t call them “healthy” foods. Here is an image of that menu, reproduced in the Atlantic. This is a great example of how…

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Q & A With Richard Thaler On What It Really Means To Be A "Nudge"
Byadmin February 20, 2015

Nudge is one of the most important and influential books on behavioral science and public policy I’ve ever read. Co-authored by economist Richard Thaler and lawyer Cass Sunstein, the book lays out the rationale for adopting policies designed to make it more likely that people will act in their own best interests rather than, say,…

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Sounding off on Sound Medicine
Byadmin May 11, 2011

I had a chance to talk to the host of the public radio show, Sound Medicine. You might want to listen to the broadcast. Then again, you might want to enjoy the spring weather (if you are in the Northern Hemisphere). Your choice!

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Want Credibility? Use a Chart!
Byadmin December 1, 2015

If I told you there was a new medicine effective in treating a previously untreatable illness, you might be interested. If you have the illness, you might even read up and try to figure out whether the medicine would work for you. Ideally, you will evaluate the strength of evidence – was it a randomized…

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Bait and Switch: The Sneaky Way Your Employer Just Passed Healthcare Costs onto You
Byadmin February 28, 2018

Shutterstock If you get health insurance through your job, beware: you might be picking up more of the cost of your medical care than you realize. With increasing frequency, employers are directing their workers to the kind of high deductible, high out-of-pocket insurance plans that leave workers financially responsible for a surprising portion of their…

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Is Health Insurance Too Cheap?

Did You Know That Obamacare Causes Diabetes? Here's Why It Happens And Why It's A Good Thing

Designing a Better Restaurant Menu

Q & A With Richard Thaler On What It Really Means To Be A "Nudge"

Sounding off on Sound Medicine

Want Credibility? Use a Chart!

Bait and Switch: The Sneaky Way Your Employer Just Passed Healthcare Costs onto You

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