News Flashes I Wish I Hadn’t Seen
Paul Krugman: Let’s Not Be Civil.
Tax compliance employs more workers than Wal-Mart, UPS, McDonald’s, IBM, and Citigroup combined.
Becoming a California prison guard is better than a Harvard degree. Prison guards can retire at the age of 55 and earn 85% of their final year’s salary for the rest of their lives, plus continue to receive medical benefits.
More than two-thirds of hospital executive rank quality and patient safety lower than some other criteria? That means only one-in-three hospitals has set its priorities right.
I believe Krugman frequently follows his own advice.
Shocking post on California prison guards. Why go to college at all?
The hospital executives poll is a real statement about what the hospital brass is thinking. Or not thinking.
On the IRS, it’s a taxing experience.
This post ties in with John Goodman’s posts here and at Health Affairs on hospital quality. Obviously, hospital execs today are not competing on quality.