Ranked the #2 Specialized Economics Blog of 2006 by The Bayesian Heresy website.
Top 3 Health Site as determined by the NHS Institute for Innovation and Improvement.
Ranked as one of the Top 40 Economics blogs by 26Econ.com.
Ranked as one of the Top 40 Health blogs by Healthcare 100.
Ranked as one of the Top 50 Health blogs by Wikio.com.
Awarded the RHI Blog of the Week by Regulating Health Insurance.
Radio Appearance with Rick Outzen during the “IN Your Head Radio�? show on Pensacola, Florida’s 1620 WNRP (23 October 2007).
Cited in the Nov/Dec 2007 edition of Contingencies. Joe Paduda’s article (”Health Care Reform, Ready or Not“) in the American Academy of Actuaries magazine, Contingencies, cites statements made on this blog.
Profiled on the Money-Rx Blog on 15 October 2007.
“Jason Shafrin probably isn’t the wealthiest health care blogger, but this kid may be the smartest.”
- Robert Laszewski “Health Care Policy and Marketplace Review,” 10 January 2008
“Jason’s blog is quite good; heavy on the policy side (no surprise there) with several excellent summaries of data-rich topics such as price elasticity of employer-based health insurance. I recommend it to fellow policy wonks.”
- - Joseph Paduda, “Managed Care Matters” Blog, 2 March 2006
“…Jason Shafrin, at the Healthcare Economist has a just excellent article about why P4P isn’t enough and implicitly why we need budget and supply constraints to get health care costs under control.”
- - Matthew Holt, “The Health Care Blog“, 10 October 2006
“I recently stumbled onto e-utopia for fellow nerds seeking thought provoking tidbits on healthcare policy, the health insurance market and economics. The Healthcare Economist http://healthcare-economist.com/ has the tag line ‘An unbiased look at today’s health care issues’ but I prefer ‘The make Jessica think without overwhelming her blog’ – one cannot find enough such places in life.”
- Jess in 2008 blog, 7 March 2008