Praise for Health Care Economist

I would like to thank Joseph Paduda for his kind words on March 2nd. Principal of Health Strategy Associates, Mr. Paduda cited my Medicare timeline and stated: “Jason Shafrin at Healthcare-Economist.com has provided a brief timeline of the development of Medicare in the US. Jason’s blog is quite good; heavy on the policy side (no…

‘A Wealth of Talent’: Complimentary article on UCSD’s Economics department

This Sunday, the San Diego Union Tribune (“A wealth of talent“) wrote a complimentary article regarding the ascendancy of UCSD’s Economics department into the elite strata of economics departments.  Last year, U.S. News and World Report ranked the UCSD economics department #10 in the nation.  As a graduate student in UCSD’s economics department, my ‘unbiased’ opinion is…

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