BREAKING: @Centene will cover residents in NV's rural counties on Obamacare exchange, help avoid crisis:https://t.co/HkMQVlbGem — Nevada Independent (@TheNVIndy) August 15, 2017 Now let’s hope that they Silver Gap instead of Silver Spam themselves so that more people can get good deals. There are two counties, one each in Wisconsin and Ohio, where there are …
Medicaid partial expansion’s consequences
Adrianna Macintryre, Allen Joseph and Nicholas Bagley had a recent perspective in the New England Journal of Medicine regarding the possibility of a partial Medicaid expansion model. I want to explore some of the distributional and macro-economic implications of this possibility. (Disclaimer, I helped Adrianna with some of the data). But first, let’s see the …
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Down in Durham
#BREAKING Protesters in #Durham topple confederate monument downtown pic.twitter.com/a3BNIavyxC — Derrick Lewis (@DerrickQLewis) August 14, 2017 It was erected in 1924. Almost all Confederate veterans were dead by then. Durham County has always had a significant African American population so a statue supporting slavery standing in front of the courthouse has its own meaning. Be …
Universal coverage and pragmatic steps
I want to build on Betty’s post from late last week regarding universal coverage. I’m grateful to Gillibrand for stating outright that a market-driven system will never achieve affordable, universal coverage, so the public aspects of the ACA will have to be expanded to move in that direction. President Obama and the Democrats who worked …
Kids these days
Teenagers standing up to a sea of white supremacists carrying torches. Snowflakes my ass. pic.twitter.com/HbQXOlkjrt — Downtown Josh Brown (@ReformedBroker) August 12, 2017 I have incredible respect for those students. If I was 19 and standing there, I would have punched someone. The discipline and the courage to bear witness and hold onto their values …
The ACA and personal injury litigation
Guest post from Victor Matheson (referee, economist and snarling jackel from the comments) Now that the imminent threat to the ACA has passed, I would like to thank David/Mayhew for handing over the keys for a guest post about the difficulties in dealing with cases of medical malpractice and personal injury within the ACA. Suppose …
Breathing is critical
As I have mentioned in the past, my son has asthma. Right now, it is under control. We have the orange daily maintenance inhaler, the blue emergency inhaler and a penguin shaped nebulizer with albuterol liquid for the times when his breathing is getting rough but we have time and space to respond cheaply and …