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INSURANCE: The RAND Experiment Revisited


November 28th, 2007
by Andrea Zuercher

Sometimes the most interesting discussion on a blog goes on under the radar, in comments or other off-the-grid discussion. Chris Fleming’s passing reference to research revisiting the findings of the venerable RAND Health Insurance Experiment sparked a comment by Joseph Newhouse, the Harvard economist who has published repeated analyses of the RAND experiment throughout the [...]

PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN: Candidates’ Health Advisers Address Policy Summit


November 5th, 2007
by Andrea Zuercher

In a lively 45-minute session near the end of a long day, representatives from eight leading presidential candidates (Clinton, Dodd, Edwards, Giuliani, McCain, Obama, Richardson, and Romney), along with Len Nichols of the New America Foundation, gathered on stage in front of more than 500 participants at Health Affairs’ 25th anniversary health policy summit, to [...]

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