Tag: Healthcare
How your employer uses perks like wellness programs, phones and free...
Elizabeth C. Tippett, University of Oregon
Companies offer all sorts of benefits and extras to attract the most favored workers, from health care and stock...
3 ways Trump could disrupt health care for the better
Peter Hilsenrath, University of the Pacific and David Wyant, Belmont University
Since his winning presidential campaign, Donald Trump has been repeatedly billed as a disrupter....
Want to live longer? Consider the ethics
John K. Davis, California State University, Fullerton
Life extension – using science to slow or halt human aging so that people live far longer...
A rare instance when preventative screening is worth the dollar cost
David Hutton, University of Michigan
Very few people know about hepatitis B, the so-called silent killer, and the billions of dollars it costs the U.S....
Why a census question about citizenship should worry you, whether you’re...
Michael Blake, University of Washington
Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross announced last week that the 2020 census will include a question about citizenship. Ross argued that...
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...
Want to fix America’s health care? First, focus on food
Dariush Mozaffarian, Tufts University
The national debate on health care is moving into a new, hopefully bipartisan phase.
The fundamental underlying challenge is cost...
Republicans fumble ACA repeal: Expert reaction
Richard Arenberg, Brown University and Christopher Sebastian Parker, University of Washington
Editor’s note: The fight didn’t last long. Moments before a scheduled vote...
EXPLORING NATURE
New study measures titanium in Apollo rock to uncover Moon’s early chemistry
Advik D. Vira, Georgia Institute of Technology and Emily First, Macalester College
The Earth and the Moon may look...
