By MERRILL MATTHEWS AND MARK LITOW Almost all discussions about Medicare reform ignore one key factor: Medicare utilization is roughly 50% higher than private health-insurance utilization, even after adjusting for age and medical conditions. In other words, given two patients with similar health-care needs—one a Medicare beneficiary over age 65, the other an individual under... Read more
Archive for the ‘Economics’ Category
Why Medicare Patients See the Doctor Too Much
July 15 | Posted by mrossol | Economics, Health, ObamaCareRevenues Increase without a Tax Increase!
July 15 | Posted by mrossol | Debt, EconomicsReview & Outlook: California’s Millionaire Windfall – WSJ.com. Well, what do you know.
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Designing Your Death Dossier
July 11 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, EconomicsDesigning Your Death Dossier/ 25 Documents Everyone Should Have Before They Die – WSJ.com. Trust me, we’re all going to need this advice. ===== By SAABIRA CHAUDHURI It isn’t enough simply to sign a bunch of papers establishing an estate plan and other end-of-life instructions. You also have to make your heirs aware of them and leave the documents where they... Read more
Review & Outlook: The Jobless Summer – WSJ.com
July 3 | Posted by mrossol | Economics, Obama, Party Politics, Socialism, The LeftReview & Outlook: The Jobless Summer – WSJ.com. Perhaps you’ve already noticed around the neighborhood, but this is a rotten summer for young Americans to find a job. The Department of Labor reported last week that a smaller share of 16-19 year-olds are working than at anytime since records began to be kept in 1948. Only 24% of teens,... Read more
Agriculture and a Devil’s Bargain.
July 3 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, EconomicsNotable & Quotable – WSJ.com. Well, any thoughts on this one? =============== Victor Davis Hanson writing at townhall.com, June 23: The Department of Agriculture no longer serves as a lifeline to millions of struggling homestead farmers. Instead, it is a vast, self-perpetuating postmodern bureaucracy with an amorphous budget of some $130 billion—a sum far greater than the nation’s net farm... Read more
Design Flaw Fueled Japanese Nuclear Disaster
July 3 | Posted by mrossol | Economics, Environment, Liberal Press, Technology, The LeftDesign Flaw Fueled Japanese Nuclear Disaster – WSJ.com. Nuclear technology is not the issue. Of course, don’t hold your breath waiting for “left leaning, liberal, environmental factual analysis”… I cannot figure out why/how the Nuclear Industry itself is so often its own worst enemy. ====== By NORIHIKO SHIROUZU And CHESTER DAWSON TOKYO—Some senior engineers at Tokyo Electric Power Co. knew for years that... Read more
