Employers get it right: 3/4ths expect costs to rise under the federal health reform law. 43% believe the cost increases will be significant, according to the Health Care Reform Readiness Survey, Healthcare Finance News reports.
Buffett: I want to pay more taxes.
Study: Addiction is a chronic brain disorder and not simply a behavioral problem.
Teachers won’t campaign to keep parents in their place. Which is away from school.
Criminal advantage: Some people have no fingerprints.
In 1787, there were four federal crimes. Now there are over 4,000. The Code of Federal Regulations runs over 157,000 pages
Should medical researchers be able to use Chimps as guinea pigs?
Would you have your body cryonically frozen after death? Poll results.
Pay-for-Performance not working in Massachusetts Medicaid program.
Do Disability Benefits Discourage Work? RAND study says yes.
Comparing US and Canadian emergency rooms: Ours are better; theirs are less expensive.
Research: Our ancestors were probably war-like, not peaceful.
People who have positive relationships at work live longer.
Should a witness in court be allowed a therapy dog?
Image credit: Kelly Shimoda/New York Times
Animal cruelty: acupuncture for dogs
Are criminal tendencies hereditary? Yes, to some degree.
Straight A students live longer than D students.
Women surf the Web for health information more than men: Is this supposed to be news?
We have no evidence that antioxidants are beneficial in humans. In fact, the best available data demonstrate that antioxidants are bad for you—so long as you count an increased risk of death as “bad.”
People who live to 95 and older are no more virtuous than the rest of us in terms of their diet, exercise routine or smoking and drinking habits. As a group, they were more obese, more sedentary and exercised less than other, younger cohorts.
Robin Hanson defends blackmail.
Robot nurse. He comes up short on TLC. HT: Jason Shafrin.
Antsy politicians: when they can’t tax or spend, they regulate.
Should college students get food stamps? 30,000 Michigan students just lost theirs.
How do you make a voluntary Ponzi scheme work? Make it mandatory. Peter Orszag on the CLASS Act.
