Unbiased Analysis of Today's Healthcare Issues
In this blog, I have frequently discussed the merits of Canadian and American health care systems (see Health Care Grudge Match). One thing most people can agree with is that mental health care is subpar in both countries. The Vancouver Sun reports of a man committing suicide by jumping off the Granville Street Bridge.…
Yes: Jonathan Weiner, Professor of Health Policy at Johns Hopkins No: Michael Cannon, the Cato Institute’s Director of Health Policy Studies I agree with Weiner.
The minimum wage will increase from $6.55 to $7.25 next month. David Neumark thinks writes that we should delay the minimum wage increase. I agree. Innovation in baseball ticket pricing. Best cities to live in as ranked by The Economist or median house price to median income ratio. Solving health care with a public plan co-op. Tyler…
Should we have “a public plan that Americans can buy into as an alternative to private insurance?” Yes: Paul Krugman. No: Greg Mankiw.
That sucking noise: Taxpayer bailout dollars for the now bankrupt GM. GM Bankruptcy on retiree health benefits: Imagine the city larger than Peoria, Illinois losing health insurance. Japan has its first trade deficit in 28 years. Ranking Health Insurers. Bet on your life, win cash.
A study looking at the effect of the Great Famine: “Our results indicate that in-utero and early childhood exposure to famine had large negative effects on adult height, weight, weight-for-height, educational attainment and labor supply.” Not a shocker.
The state of California is in serious fiscal trouble. Those troubles extend the state’s flagship university system. “The scenario that assumes failure of the May 19 state ballot propositions would leave the UC system with a net budget reduction of $322 million, or 10 percent, in the 2009-10 year. Taken together with the state’s…
Econ Journal Watch has a swath of quotations concerning intellectual pursuits. “[The economist’s] response [to his impotence to influence opinion] may be to retire from that field of intellectual activity in which he could be of direct service to the community and… concentrate on the development of an intricate technique of analysis. he may then find himself the possessor…
A humorous take the serious problem of job lock. HT: Carolyn’s Blog
The Washington Post recounts a cautionary tale concerning a hasty roll-out of the flu vaccine this fall. “As U.S. health officials consider rolling out a plan to inoculate the nation against swine flu in the next several months, they are haunted by the events that unfolded the last time the government stepped in to head…