News
National Journal | Drop Health Care Law to Cut Deficit, Issa Argues
The 2010 health care law will encourage Americans to look for government subsidies for health insurance and repealing it could help fight the budget deficit.
Econ Comments
NYT | Cut Medicare, Help Patients
Medicare is going to be cut. That is inevitable. There is no way to solve the nation’s long-term debt problem without reducing the growth rate of federal health care spending. The only question is whether the cuts will be smart ones.
Blogs
Econlog | Price Controls Cause Doctor Shortage in Canada
So I used the Health Care Options Directory on the same government website.This allows you to plug in your postal code and find all family doctors listed within a certain radius. It is a particularly soul-destroying experience.
Econlog | Health Insurance, Fairness Norms, and Unemployment
Nominal wages rarely fall - even when there's high unemployment. Part of the reason is regulation, of course. But even under laissez-faire, employers have to cope with human psychology. Almost all workers think that nominal wages cuts are unfair.
Reports
CRS | Characteristics of Children With and Without Health Insurance, 2009
Uninsured children are, on average, less likely than insured children to have the recommended number of well-baby and well-child medical visits and less likely to receive standard immunizations. Children without health insurance also rely more on hospital emergency rooms for basic care and therefore receive such care in the least cost-efficient manner.
