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More on the McCain Health Care Plan

…so the insurance companies don’t have to market or, more importantly, worry about adverse selection. I think that, quickly if not immediately, insurance formally provided by the employer but with…

Darwin Strauss and Popper

…is not quite right. But that is not quite right. Darwinian natural selection sifts for useful variations among mutations, thus natural selection generates increased fitness, not just preserving the fittest….

Ending Medicare Advantage Overpayments

…upcoding, which makes patients appear sicker than they actually are, and selection bias, which results in MA plans enrolling more profitable patients.6 MA quality bonuses and county adjustments unnecessarily boost payments…