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)

Behavioral Economics and Public Policy | Health Care Cost | Health Policy

Your Risk Of Prostate Cancer Just Dropped Precipitously. Here's Why
Byadmin March 1, 2019

Most men diagnosed with prostate cancer don’t die of the disease. Between 2011 and 2015, 112.6 per 100,000 men per year were diagnosed with prostate cancer in the U.S., but only 19.5 per 100,000 men per year died of the disease over that same period of time. That is still far too many deaths. But the…

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Health Policy

Let the Health Insurance Exchanges Begin!
Byadmin September 12, 2013

Pretty soon, people will be able to start shopping for health insurance on the infamous Obamacare exchanges. In North Carolina, one of the states asking the feds to take the lead in this effort, only one insurer is offering insurance coverage in every county of the state. That is Blue Cross Blue Shield, and they…

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Behavioral Economics and Public Policy

Figuring Out How Many Calories Are in Your Burrito
Byadmin April 28, 2014

As if the Affordable Care Act wasn’t controversial enough, a lesser-known provision of the law has critics warning of regulatory zeal. Section 4205 of the ACA (in case you haven’t read that far) requires restaurants to post calorie counts for the meals they sell, a requirement critics claim will be costly to comply with, while being…

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Behavioral Economics and Public Policy | Health & Well-being

Doctors Without Appointments
Byadmin April 1, 2019January 15, 2020

Jill Ladkin was already having a terrible autumn. It began with a seizure that put her in the hospital with what seemed like scores of unfamiliar physicians attending to her state of health. The brain scan revealed a mass in the lining of her brain, a location usually signifying a benign tumor; but, given her seizure, the…

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Behavioral Economics and Public Policy | Health & Well-being

A Park Bench That Tells You You’re Fat?
Byadmin November 11, 2014

Clearly we in the United States are not taking the obesity epidemic as seriously as the Russian government. We debate whether it is appropriate for the government to require restaurants to inform their customers about how many calories they are consuming. Whereas in Moscow, sit at a park bench, and it will tell you how…

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Behavioral Economics and Public Policy | Health Policy

It's We, the Public, Who Are "Flip Floppers"
Byadmin February 23, 2012

The failure of health care reform does not rest solely at the president’s feet. Instead, we, the general public, are also to blame…(Read the rest and view comments at Scientocracy)

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Is Health Insurance Too Cheap?

Your Risk Of Prostate Cancer Just Dropped Precipitously. Here's Why

Let the Health Insurance Exchanges Begin!

Figuring Out How Many Calories Are in Your Burrito

Doctors Without Appointments

A Park Bench That Tells You You’re Fat?

It's We, the Public, Who Are "Flip Floppers"

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