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ByadminIf you get insurance through your employer, you don’t have to worry about whether insurance will cover maternity care. The company is required to do so by law. But that doesn’t mean the insurer will be very generous. Because in the United States, having coverage doesn’t mean you’re well-covered. Employers are increasingly corralling their employees into high…
Graphs Made Easy, by Monty Python
ByadminI recently blogged about a study showing that the same information, when presented in a graph, is more credible to people. One of my friends pointed out that Monty Python figured this out a few decades ago. “In this graph, this column represents 23% of the population. This column represents 28% of the population, and…
The Upside of High Healthcare Costs: Lots of Jobs!
ByadminHere is a quick review from the Commonwealth Fund showing what happened to jobs in the United States since 2000. A dramatic growth in healthcare jobs, and almost no growth in the rest of the economy: Something to keep in mind, because if we ever get healthcare costs under control, we had better hope to…
Everyone Agrees Obamacare Prices Have Been Rising Rapidly (But Everyone Is Wrong)
Byadmin(Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images) It has been well publicized that premiums for Obamacare insurance plans have been rising at a disturbing rate. Local news is filled with reports of 21.5%, 36.3% and even higher price hikes. President Trump complained in February that Obamacare premiums “have increased by double and triple digits,” even remarking that premiums in Arizona “went up 116%…
Action Movies Create Couch Potatoes
ByadminICYMI: When people watch action movies, they consume more calories.

