The pricing of medical products and services in the U.S. is notoriously complex. In health
care, supply prices (those received by the…
Although much research has revealed U.S. geographic variation in the intensity of health care utilization and the level of Medicare…
In 2008, a group of uninsured low-income adults in Oregon was selected by lottery to be given
the chance to apply for Medicaid. This…
Imagine if, at the height of the Great Society, Lyndon Johnson had given older Americans a right to free economic advice — to help them…
Does an expansion of health insurance increase or decrease use of the emergency department (ED)? Both predictions can be justified…
Using the most comprehensive data file ever compiled on air pollution, water pollution,
environmental regulations, and infant mortality…
In the National Pilot Program on Payment Bundling, a subset of Medicare providers will receive a single payment for an episode of acute…
The article reviews the book "The Politics of Medicaid," by Laura Katz Olson.
Medicare is going to be cut. That is inevitable. There is no way to solve the nation’s long-term debt problem without reducing the growth…
Background: Data are lacking on the proportion of
physicians who face malpractice claims in a year, the size of those
claims, and the…