Category: Interesting Links

Ezra Klein Gets It Right, and Other Links

Ezra Klein gets it right: the reason half of all Americans don’t pay income taxes is because of Republican tax cuts.

Screening everyone for Hepatitis C may be cost effective.

Obama to young immigrants: you can stay, but no health insurance.

3 million patients go to urgent care centers every week.

Scott Sumner: Tax and income inequality data are both nearly worthless.

Sep 20, 2012 | 7 comments | by John Goodman

Headlines I Wish I Hadn’t Seen

Bad news: men are dropping out of the labor force in record numbers: earnings haven’t grown in 40 years.

Mandatory mileage standards are somewhere between 2.4 and 13 times more expensive than a gasoline tax would be. By some calculations, raising fuel-economy standards is more costly than climate change itself.

117,000 Americans get jobless and disability benefits.

Sep 20, 2012 | 9 comments | by John Goodman

Presidential Campaign Ads, and Other Links

The original Medicare ad. HT Sarah Kliff.

Are dogs better research subjects than lab rats?

Virgin births are possible — for snakes. HT: Suzy Khimm.

Former Democratic Senator to his restaurant employees: “Go get [health insurance] from the exchange.“

Sep 14, 2012 | 9 comments | by John Goodman

Headlines I Wish I Hadn’t Seen

Health information technology sucks and it costs too much.

Man cuts off arm to collect 600,000 euros in insurance money. HT: Tyler.

ACA: 80 million hours of compliance costs?

Sep 14, 2012 | 10 comments | by John Goodman

Childhood Influence on Obese Adults, and Other Links

Does being on welfare contribute to obesity?

Doctor leaves traditional practice; will no longer take insurance; explains why.

Austin Frakt is reading Priceless.

Sep 13, 2012 | 4 comments | by John Goodman

Cutler on Medicare, and Other Links

Is David Cutler on both sides of every argument?

College aid creates an implicit 30% marginal tax rate for the parents.

IRS: We don’t intend to enforce ObamaCare.

Sep 12, 2012 | 11 comments | by John Goodman

Headlines I Wish I Hadn’t Seen

Obama says “don’t read too much” into the bad jobs report for the 31^st time since November 2009.

Man dies after doc takes lunch during kidney operation.

Shelter mistakenly euthanizes pet dog. How much should the owners be able to sue for?

Sep 11, 2012 | 11 comments | by John Goodman

Headlines I Wish I Hadn’t Seen

If you call 911 from your cell phone in California, prepare for a busy signal or wait times of 20 minutes or more.

Nearly 33% of U.S. residents have high blood pressure and more than half of those with the condition are not effectively treating it.

Study: Doctors and nurses not as good as they think they are.

Sep 07, 2012 | 10 comments | by John Goodman

Uncle Sam Gives It to You for Free, and Other Links

Free stuff — courtesy of Uncle Sam. (video)

Obama: I’m deporting more people than Bush did. Or is he?

Fiscal cliff: Spending cuts are followed by mild, short-lived recessions and in many cases no recession at all; yet tax increases create deep and prolonged recessions.

Sep 07, 2012 | 11 comments | by John Goodman

Organic vs. Non-organic Food, and Other Links

Study: Organic food no healthier than non-organic.

Kevin Drum likes ObamaCare because it will allow him to retire early. That’s good for him, but why is it good for the rest of us who will have to subsidize his choice?

Fat, but OK: There is a subset of obese people who are metabolically healthy.

Sep 06, 2012 | 11 comments | by John Goodman