Does the Effect of Pollution on Infant Mortality Differ Between Developing and Developed Countries? Evidence from Mexico City
Much of what we know about the marginal effect of pollution on infant mortality is derived from developed country data.
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COBRA ARRA Subsidies: Was the Carrot Enticing Enough?
Objective: To help preserve continuity of health insurance coverage during the recent recession, the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act provided a 65 percent Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconci
Between Safety and Security: The Policy Challenges of Transporting Toxic Inhalation Hazards
The transportation of hazardous materials is vital to the U.S. economy and inherently dangerous.
Obamacare Champions Personal Responsibility. The States that Hate it Don't.
Politicians, particularly Republican candidates, among them Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan, like to emphasize the importance of individual responsibility – especially in railing against the Patient Protect
Technology Growth and Expenditure Growth in Health Care
In the United States, health care technology has contributed to rising survival rates, yet health care spending relative to GDP has also grown more rapidly than in any other country.
Medicare Postacute Care Payment Reforms Have Potential To Improve Efficiency Of Care, But May Need Changes To Cut Costs
The Affordable Care Act mandates changes in payment policies for Medicare postacute care services intended to contain spending in the long run and help ensure the program’s financial sustainability.
Pricing and Reimbursement in U.S. Pharmaceutical Markets
Book abstract: Summarizes the literature, and considers the issue of paying for research and development.
How the Medicare Debate Will End
All the recent debate about the future of Medicare is missing a fundamental truth: the odds of any major changes to Medicare are next to zero, no matter who wins this November.
Partisan Media and Attitude Polarization: The Case of Healthcare Reform
Regulatory Breakdown: The Crisis of Confidence in U.S. Regulation brings fresh insight and analytic rigor to what has become one of the most contested domains of American domestic politics.
The Oregon Health Insurance Experiment: Evidence from the First Year
In 2008, a group of uninsured low-income adults in Oregon was selected by lottery to be given the chance to apply for Medicaid.
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