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Minimum health Wage: $5.89. Best States for Business. Pharma pays docs to push their drugs. Feer the Deer. Cost of Freddie/Fannie bailout doubles.

Marijuana use: causes or only correlated with dropping out of school. Elasticity of health spending in India on mortality: 0.2. Reference Pricing in Medicare? Crowdsourcing your medical problems. The impact of medical insurance for the poor in Georgia (the country). Resolving scientific disputes with “fisticuffs.” Licensing pharmacies in Greece.

Vouchers and lobbying. Marketplace’s guide to health reform. iStethoscope. Hospitals stay costs: workers comp vs. other private insurance. Consolidation in Part D plan market.

California takes the lead on health insurance exchanges. Health plan refunds are bad for the sick? Read the fine print. Text messaging and adherence. California gets a D+. Asymmetry: avoiding poor glycemic control decreases ER visits, but promoting superior glycemic control does not. Guideline Wars. Outlawing texting-while-driving decreases safety. Unconscionable science. Courage.

Find out how much Medicare and Medicaid cost you in taxes. CABG report cards do not influence referral patterns. Overrated cost savings. Workers comp insurers’ biggest issues. What is driving Medicaid cost growth? Health Reform made simple (with cartoons!) Can rationing spur competition? Health Reform to destroy child-only health policy market?

Dr. Oz’s Colonoscopy. Health reform allows workers to keep their current health plans…sometimes. Fun Graphs: aging nations and your county’s health. Tragedy at my alma mater. Confidential Medicaid policy advice. 8th largest economy in the world without a budget.

Bribery=FFS? Retiree insurance program. Cost shifting. A real clunker. “Poverty is a business.” Unintended consequences of alcohol and cigarette taxes. 600.

California Workers Comp: Parts I and II. Decriminalizing drugs in the Czech Republic. Bad news for Alzheimer’s Treatment The solution to obesity: school playgrounds? An interview with a nurse practitioner. Homo economicus in Paris.

The politics of breast cancer. Are gulf shrimp safe? High journal rejection rates and the probability of erroneous results. The uninsured in Massachusetts. How to reduce malpractice lawsuits. Roboscout and the Four Factors of Basketball Success. ObamaCare threatens college health plans. Using the iPad for EMR.

Fraud costs Medicare $60 billion. Mexico to legalize drugs? Doctors with foreign degrees. What is Medication Therapy Management? Health insurance profits surge. My favorite basketball player. Plugging my brother.