Tag: health care
For richer or poorer: 4 economists ponder what 2018 has in...
Greg Wright, University of California, Merced; Christos Makridis, Stanford University; Patricia Smith, University of Michigan, and William Hauk, University of South Carolina
Editor’s note: We...
How Obamacare changed the love lives of young adults
Joelle Abramowitz, University of Michigan
It seems that each week, a new development about the Affordable Care Act calls into question the future of health...
3 things I learned from delivering medical aid to a remote...
Asa Oxner Myers, University of South Florida
I belong to a group called Doctors for Puerto Rico.
We have been dispatching medicine and small teams of...
Rich American seniors are getting healthier, leaving the poor behind
Matthew A. Davis, University of Michigan and Kenneth Langa, University of Michigan
The U.S. has seen substantial improvements in life expectancy over the past century,...
Why market competition has not brought down health care costs
Gerald Friedman, University of Massachusetts Amherst
It is easier than ever to buy stuff. You can purchase almost anything on Amazon with a click, and...
GOP health care bill would make rural America’s distress much worse
Claire Snell-Rood, University of California, Berkeley and Cathleen Willging, University of New Mexico
Much has been made of the distress and discontent in rural areas...
Iraq and Afghanistan: The US$6 trillion bill for America’s longest war...
Linda J. Bilmes, Harvard University
On Memorial Day, we pay respects to the fallen from past wars – including the more than one...
Having trouble picking the right health insurance plan? Let an algorithm...
Ben Handel, University of California, Berkeley
One key goal of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) was to lower health care costs by giving consumers more...
EXPLORING NATURE
Trump’s EPA decides climate change doesn’t endanger public health – the...
Jonathan Levy, Boston University; Howard Frumkin, University of Washington; Jonathan Patz, University of Wisconsin-Madison, and Vijay Limaye, University of Wisconsin-Madison
