Profit and mortality. Who wants to be a death panelist? U.S. should declare bankruptcy. Elective Early Deliveries. Your robot nurse is here. $3 billion team.

Does Medicaid pay doctors to perform abortions? The trouble with due dates. Changing Med Ed. Efficiency or fraud? Vaccine mandate. What the health?  

James Buchanan. Does having after-hours primary care docs on call improve outcomes? Learning by doing? No email. f(n,t)=log(n)+t/45000.

Increased cost sharing decreases adherence. Effect of EITC on health. Is staffing a clinic with nurse practitioners a good idea? Healthy San Francisco and crowd out. The end of B&N?

Managed care backlash. 2012: Year in graphs. 2012: Healthcare year in graphs The diary cliff. China’s Louisiana Purchase?

Ignorance of free care. What is the fiscal cliff? Does treating Medicaid patients scare off the commercially-insured? Messi’s 2012 goals. Why its difficult to cut Medicare benefits.

  Sick now or later? On-line medical consultation. 12-12-12. NFL & concussions. Health Exchange Deadline today. More Predictions of Rate Shock. Zeigarnik Effect

Here is some reading to take you into the weekend, including a number of articles indicating that premium’s in Obamacare’s health insurance exchanges is going to be much more expensive than anticipated. ‘Get Ready for Some Startling Rate Increases’ Exchage user fees. Majority of Americans Now Oppose Universal Coverage Mmme Secretary Shecantbeserious. History of the [...]

End 401(k)’s. Progress on Exchanges in California. Sports commentary. Another State opts out of building an exchange. The real cost of losing weight.