Greetings from a medical office in Massachusetts, democracy’s laboratory! This just in: A bill that will adjust virtually every piece of the state’s health care system is now law. Gov. Deval Patrick signed the legislation Monday morning in a packed… Continue Reading
By way of Jubilee, I came across this list of healthcare principles by Tyler Cowen. It brings to mind one of the things I considered writing about for the Inequality Symposium (but ended up cutting from my piece, as otherwise… Continue Reading
I’m going to start right out by admitting that I am going to raise questions to which I do not have a coherent answer. In the comments to Rose’s post about buying “green” products, Jason shared a link to this… Continue Reading
From the New York Times: In a move likely to alter treatment standards in hospitals and doctors’ offices nationwide, a group of nine medical specialty boards plans to recommend on Wednesday that doctors perform 45 common tests and procedures less… Continue Reading
… and I’ll bet your doctor doesn’t, either. Okay, that’s is a bit of an overstatement. I know what my little bit of my patients’ healthcare costs are. I know what my practice charges for office visits and vaccines and… Continue Reading