by Tom aka Rusty Rustbelt Health Care Thoughts: Conference Wrap-up So I do some conferences with a lot of people who are way smarter than me, people literally and figuratively on the cutting edge. What thoughts are dominating health care these days, especially the provider community? Here is a list of frequent talking points, further […]
Guest post by Michael Cahill The Affordable Care Act’s Prevention and Public Health Fund: Why it needs to succeed for America’s Economic Future What will it take for the Affordable Care, known more commonly as Obamacare, to succeed? Realistically speaking it will take a lot of things for the ACA to be a real success, […]
Chart of the Day: America’s 30-Year Project to Make the Rich Even Richer – Here’s a remarkable chart from EPI.. (hat tip rjs) Actually, no: Strike that. It’s true that in a normal world it would be remarkable, but in the world we live in it’s actually totally unsurprising. It illustrates the rise in income […]
Starting in 1994, soon before the 1996 welfare reform bill (PRWORA) the state of Florida explored what was roughtly a pilot version the “Family Transition Program” (FTP). I recall reading at the time that this was the only reformed welfare program with a hard time limit on benefits. Importantly, Florida officials decided to conduct […]
To add to the fire Jazz and Steve have kindled, YOY inflation is at its lowest level historically according to the BEA and Next New Deal blog. It does not look like we need austerity policies and a little fiscal fire might put people back to work and stir the economy into growth. “Last Friday, […]
From Aguanomics: Caveat emptor! (These are used to “mine” bitcoins, which are worth $100+ each.)
Just read this too-modestly titled post, and all the links as needed, until you understand it all the way down to your bones: A quick note on “helicopter drops” Kudos also to David Beckworth and Cardiff Garcia. Cross-posted at Asymptosis.
by Tom aka Rusty Rustbelt Health Care Thoughts: Rand Paul is a Loon, However….. Rand Paul told an Iowa crowd about “Obamacare codes” and listed some of the wackier codes. Problem is, he is referring to the ICD-10 adaptation, which was first set in motion by the Bush 43 administration. ICD-9 has about 17,000 diagnosis […]
From Aguanomics come these links: Fracking is coming to California in a big way. It’s likely that frackers will be heavily regulated on water quality; it’s ironic that farmers are worried that frackers may be polluting, what? More than them? Ironic, isn’t it? Climate change: “Warmer water will kill off most of California’s native fish […]
Sorry for the thin posting lately…I have had some SI joint problems which makes for difficulty sitting still to focus. Via Keven Drum comes this research paper addressing the issue of sticky wages in the economics of today: First off, a new paper by a trio of researchers confirms some old news: Adjusted for inflation, […]