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Friday, August 19, 2011

Health Care

Econ Comments                                                                                                             
Cato Institute | Obamacare Heads to the Supreme Court
When Congress was pushing through President Barack Obama's plan to nationalize health care decision-making, legislators gave little thought to the Constitution.

Reports                                                                                                                         
NBER | Gauging the Generosity of Employer-Sponsored Insurance: Differences Between Households With and Without a Chronic Condition
Given recent work on value-based insurance design and coinsurance as an obstacle to medication adherence, our findings suggest that the current design of health plans may put the health and financial well-being of the chronically ill at risk.