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• HOUSE PASSES HEALTH CARE BILL

  March 21, 2010 in Current Events, Health Insurance

  Today, Sunday, March 21, 2010, the House passed the health care bill.  This is a historic day…whether for good or for bad depends on your point of view. Some of my previous posts on health …

• Explaining government crowd-out with March Madness

  March 20, 2010 in Economics - General

  While watching the men’s NCAA basketball tournament, I’ve noticed a large number of ads for the 2010 Census.  Is this a good investment of tax dollars?  What is the marginal increase in the number of …

• Match Day

  March 18, 2010 in Physician Compensation, Supply of Medical Services

  Today is “Match Day.”  The Match Day proceedings will determine not only where graduating students will work after medical school, but also what kind of doctors they will become.  What will …

• Health Wonk Review: March Madness Edition

  March 18, 2010 in Carnivals

  The latest edition of the Health Wonk Review has a NCAA basketball theme and is posted at the Reform Galaxy Blog.

• Should chronically ill patients be treated in the hospital setting?

  March 18, 2010 in Hospitals

  Over the course of the past decade, there has been a trend to move more and  more treatment of chronically ill individuals outside the hospital and into ambulatory care.  There is good reason for this. …