We Have More Intelligence Genes than We Thought, and Other News Items

By Filed under Interesting Links on August 23, 2011 with 4 comments

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.

Andrew Sullivan:  More American troops have been killed in Afghanistan during the past  2 ½ years than during the eight years of the Bush administration.

Buffett: I want to pay more taxes.

Marriage equilibrium: Level of conflict between husbands and wives remains remarkably stable over a 20 year period.

Study: Addiction is a chronic brain disorder and not simply a behavioral problem.

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  1. Virginia says:
    August 23, 2011 at 9:50 am

    I think addiction science is a really fascinating new horizon. We don’t understand nearly enough about it, and we stand to gain a great deal if we can understand it.

  2. Simon says:
    August 23, 2011 at 9:52 am

    “More than 90 percent of respondents said they plan on passing some of the additional costs on to their employees through higher employee contributions to health plans or by reducing plan coverage but most (57 percent) said they would not consider dropping health plan coverage for their employees.”

    So in other words salaries will drop for most employees, and potentially 43% of employers would consider dropping health care coverage for their employees? Sounds great, where do I sign up?

  3. Vicki says:
    August 23, 2011 at 10:05 am

    The item on marriage is surprising.

  4. Joe S. says:
    August 23, 2011 at 12:07 pm

    Afghanistan numbers are truly shocking.