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• UC San Diego Job Market Candidates

  October 27, 2008 in Economics - General

  The UC San Diego Department of Economics has posted this year’s list of Job Market Candidates.  Included in the list is your favorite healthcare economist, …

• Cost to bring a drug to market: Is it really $802m?

  October 27, 2008 in Pharmaceuticals

  In April 2006, I reviewed a well-known article which stated that the cost to bring a pharmaceutical to market was $802 million.  This included the the cost R&D, clinical trials, failed drugs, and the cost …

• Three Part Series on Health Insurance

  October 25, 2008 in Health Insurance

  The Los Angeles Times has a three part series looking at the health insurance market in the U.S. An eroding model for health insurance. Seeking distance from medical risk, insurers branch out into banking. Individual …

• McCain and the Tax Deductibility of Health Insurance

  October 24, 2008 in Current Events, Health Insurance, Taxes

  What are the tax implications of John McCain’s health care proposal?  The key components are that health insurance will no longer be tax deductible but individuals will receive a $5000 credit of purchasing health insurance. …

• Thoughts on individual mandates

  October 23, 2008 in Health Insurance, Public Policy

  Health insurance require that all individuals buy health insurance.  Most voters views on an individual mandate depend on how you frame the question.  If you ask voters: “Should everyone buy health insurance?”  Most people will …