Ideal for considering Medicare For All, this Medicare update conveys six facts about Medicare enrollment, Medicare geography, and Medicare popularity.
Why Healthcare Spending Might Be Less Than We Think
When we look at the cost effectiveness of healthcare spending, we could conclude that it is not as excessive as the headlines indicate.
The Surprising Problem With End-of-Life Spending
Although end-of-life Medicare spending accounts for a relatively large slice of its budget, it’s tough to cut for a reason that none of us would expect.
Weekly Roundup: From Area Codes to Toilets
This week’s economic news summary included looking at human capital from a health care and college perspective and at area codes as conspicuous consumption.
The Values That Make Us Spend More
For major OECD countries and the U.S., the source and destination for healthcare spending reflect national values about limited government.
Weekly Roundup: From Speed Eating to Slow Aging
Our everyday economics includes development, automation, taxes, fiscal policy, GDP, entitlements, entrepreneurs, negative externalities and environment.
Weekly Roundup: From Raisin Reserves to Greek Bank Reserves
Our everyday economics includes inelasticity, supply, regulation, entitlements, subsidies, healthcare, innovation, price floor, monetary policy, euro zone.