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Politico | Medical device tax is questioned
A controversial health care reform tax due to go into effect next year has become a prominent issue in a number of House and Senate races throughout the country.
Econ Comments & Analysis
WSJ | There's a Medical App for That—Or Not
Even the most ideologically opposed politicians agree: Health care is choking on paperwork, and medicine is prone to errors of handwriting, lost information and guesswork.
NBER | Medicare Reimbursements and Shortages of Sterile Injectable Pharmaceuticals
This paper investigates the rise in shortages of sterile injectable pharmaceutical drugs in the United States. I focus on a policy change that occurred in 2005 that reduced Medicare Part B payments for sterile injectable drugs.
