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Media cancer coverage ignores end-of-life hospice care option. Cost of hospital-acquired infections: $8 billion/year. Healthcare around the world. Markets Make People Fairer. To improve life expectancy, don’t focus on expanding insurance coverage. Hospitals, Medicaid Managed-Care Stocks Rise On Health Vote. Explaining Muslim longevity in India.

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Health tourism in Germany & hospital privatization in Poland. Private insurer’s enrollee turnover makes preventive care a poor investment. Don’t blame the insurance companies. Tyler Cowen on Managed Care. The ‘12 cent problem.’ No change in the share of Medicare costs for end-of-life care. The medicalization of life.

Thursday Links

Today, we’ll start today off with some humor: Graphic on drug commercials. And then move on to more serious issues: How healthy is your county? Health reform in Bulgaria. 2009 Medical Weblog Awards. The conventional wisdom that Africa is not reducing poverty is wrong. The chicken and the egg: cost control or coverage? Nicole Kidman‘s pre-existing conditions.

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Medicare’s ‘Strike Force‘ If a state lowers its drinking age, it increases traffic accidents for residents of other states? Modeling count data in SAS. McAllen, TX As Outlier? Why Not Houston? C.F.T.G.F.I.H.F.M.C-E.F.G.H.T.T.R.A.P.

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Health reform is only good when its your idea. San Francisco restaurant’s institute a  “Health Surcharge”. Massachusetts’ health reform makes the state less attractive to younger workers. HHS releases over $0.8 billion in grants for HIT. Do we need Federal Antitrust Law for health insurance?

Midweek Links

How many dollars are wasted on physical therapy? Creating an electrical battery powered by bacteria. Upset by my alma matter. Push to restore the Office of Technology Assessment. More comments on Anthem Blue Cross’s rate hikes. Get cashback on drugs not covered by insurance. Each FDA Failure used to augment the Agency’s Powers. When is obesity good for your…

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Why is public spending overtaking private? Maybe a 39% increase in premiums would explain it.  Here’s some more detail on that and other stories of interest this week. Will government spending on health care overtake private spending in the U.S.? Government Stimulus: China vs. U.S. (in pictures) Odds of Obamacare becoming law. How economic theory is…

Weekend Links

Antidepressants no more effective than placebos. If you are readying this, you may be depressed. Health expenditures in 2018: 20.3% of GDP. Worker’s Comp and Medicare. Understanding the employer-based health insurance tax subsidy. Vaccines don’t cause autism.