Is the VA the Key to Healthcare Reform?

Byadmin June 23, 2009

To find out the answer to this question–ok, a partial answer–listen to my appearance on the NPR show The Takeaway. CLICK HERE.

Health Policy

The Pill, the Pox and the Limits of Religious Freedom
Byadmin September 20, 2012

300 million dead worldwide from smallpox in the 20th century alone. No wonder the United States Public HealthService is run by a General—fighting infectious disease was a life or death battle back then, and countries that failed to mobilize against the enemy would leave millions dead on the battlefield. In Germany, as I discussed in a recent…

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Death Panels and Out-of-Pocket Health Care Costs
Byadmin December 18, 2013

Recently, I wrote an Op-Ed in the New York Timescalling upon physicians to discuss out-of-pocket costs with their patients before making medical decisions, and urging patients to take matters into their own hands if their physicians fail to initiate such conversations. This Op-Ed closely mirrored an argument I made in the New England Journal of Medicine with my colleagues Yousuf Zafar and Amy…

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Students Taking State Government to School?
Byadmin March 5, 2014

Students at Duke University and UNC Chapel Hill just put together a very thoughtful proposal on how the state of North Carolina could expand its Medicaid program, while still promoting the private insurance market. Here’s a link to a wonderful story, that highlights their efforts and shows, I think convincingly, that the students are taking…

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Health Policy

A 40,000 Foot View of Obamacare
Byadmin May 4, 2012

“How can the government make us buy health insurance? What gives them that right?”
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Ethics | Health Policy

Federalizing Medicaid
Byadmin June 13, 2011

Here is a new post I’ve got up at the Health Care Cost Monitor, in which I try to convince folks that even Republicans should be in favor of federalizing Medicaid. I’d love your feedback, as I’m still developing this idea.

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Health Policy

Proven: People Don't Take Medicine They Can't Afford
Byadmin February 9, 2015

Cholesterol pills are one of the great medical advances I’ve witnessed during my professional career. I am talking specifically about a category of medications called statins, drugs like Lipitor and Pravachol. These drugs have prevented probably hundreds of thousands of heart attacks and strokes. Only one problem with these drugs, however: statins won’t help people…

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Is the VA the Key to Healthcare Reform?

The Pill, the Pox and the Limits of Religious Freedom

Death Panels and Out-of-Pocket Health Care Costs

Students Taking State Government to School?

A 40,000 Foot View of Obamacare

Federalizing Medicaid

Proven: People Don't Take Medicine They Can't Afford

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