Who Pays for Obesity?
Posted: April 23, 2013 Filed under: Health Care, Obesity Leave a comment »Adult obesity is a growing problem. From 1962 to 2006, obesity prevalence nearly tripled to 35.1 percent of adults. The rising prevalence of obesity is not limited to a particular socioeconomic group and is not unique to the United States. Should this widespread obesity epidemic be a cause for alarm? From a personal health perspective, the answer is an emphatic “yes.” But when it comes to justifications of public policy for reducing obesity, the analysis becomes more complex. A common starting point is the assertion that those who are obese impose higher health costs on the rest of the population—a statement which is then taken to justify public policy interventions. But the question of who pays for obesity is an empirical one, and it involves analysis of how obese people fare in labor markets and health insurance markets. We will argue that the existing literature on these topics suggests that obese people on average do bear the costs and benefits of their eating and exercise habits. We begin by estimating the lifetime costs of obesity. We then discuss the extent to which private health insurance pools together obese and thin, whether health insurance causes obesity, and whether being fat might actually cause positive externalities for those who are not obese. If public policy to reduce obesity is not justified on the grounds of external costs imposed on others, then the remaining potential justification would need to be on the basis of helping people to address problems of ignorance or self-control that lead to obesity. In the conclusion, we offer a few thoughts about some complexities of such a justification.
Japan’s Health Care System
Posted: March 5, 2013 Filed under: Health Care Leave a comment »http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/03/05/japanese-man-dies-after-being-turned-away-from-25-hospitals/
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/02/04/injured-man-dies-in-japan_n_163851.html
The Best Essay on Health Care
Posted: November 1, 2012 Filed under: Health Care Leave a comment »http://cafehayek.com/2012/11/the-best-essay-on-health-care.html
The Stunted Vision of the Democratic Party
Posted: September 7, 2012 Filed under: Health Care, Uncategorized Leave a comment »Sent to you via Google Reader
The Stunted Vision of the Democratic Party
Path of Healthcare Spending
Posted: August 11, 2012 Filed under: Health Care Leave a comment »http://mungowitzend.blogspot.com/2012/08/be-kind-rewind.html
The Economist Refutes Michael Moore
Posted: July 19, 2012 Filed under: Health Care, Michael Moore, Uncategorized Leave a comment »Sent to you via Google Reader
The Economist Refutes Michael Moore
Bioethicist Complains that the Rich Are Getting Breakthrough Cancer Treatments First
Posted: July 9, 2012 Filed under: Health Care, Uncategorized Leave a comment »Sent to you via Google Reader
Bioethicist Complains that the Rich Are Getting Breakthrough Cancer Treatments First
why you should want drug companies to want to make money off your illness.
Posted: June 10, 2012 Filed under: Health Care, Profit, Profits Leave a comment »http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7fqoGrGPB24&feature=youtu.be
Emails Show White House Officials Coordinated With Drug Industry to Promote ObamaCare
Posted: June 8, 2012 Filed under: Health Care, Uncategorized Leave a comment »Sent to you via Google Reader
Emails Show White House Officials Coordinated With Drug Industry to Promote ObamaCare
Obama’s Utterly Bogus and Insincere Attack Against Big Pharma
Posted: June 5, 2012 Filed under: Health Care, Obama, Uncategorized Leave a comment »Sent to you via Google Reader
Obama’s Utterly Bogus and Insincere Attack Against Big Pharma
Sorry, Students! Colleges Cease Offering Student Health Insurance Because of ObamaCare
Posted: June 4, 2012 Filed under: Health Care Leave a comment »http://reason.com/blog/2012/06/04/sorry-students-colleges-cease-offering-s
Michelle Malkin » Obamacare cronyism: The First Lady’s patient-dumping, privacy-meddling scheme
Posted: May 21, 2012 Filed under: Cronyism, Health Care, Uncategorized Leave a comment »What Physicians Think about Health Reform
Posted: May 9, 2012 Filed under: Health Care, Uncategorized Leave a comment »Sent to you via Google Reader
What Physicians Think about Health Reform
Exposing the Medicare Double Count
Posted: May 2, 2012 Filed under: Health Care, Medicare Leave a comment »http://mercatus.org/expert_commentary/exposing-medicare-double-count
Employers Are Advised on Dropping Health Insurance – WSJ.com
Posted: May 1, 2012 Filed under: Health Care, Uncategorized Leave a comment »
Quote of the Day
Posted: April 23, 2012 Filed under: Health Care, Uncategorized Leave a comment »Sent to you via Google Reader
Quote of the Day
Bhagwati dishes:
Posted: April 6, 2012 Filed under: Free Trade, Health Care, Obama, Uncategorized Leave a comment »Sent to you via Google Reader
Bhagwati dishes:
Liberals Once Hated the Individual Mandate
Posted: April 4, 2012 Filed under: Health Care, Uncategorized Leave a comment »Sent to you via Google Reader
Liberals Once Hated the Individual Mandate
Health Care Mandates vs Pizza Toppings
Posted: March 29, 2012 Filed under: Health Care Leave a comment »http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cdfn0Wiywk4&feature=player_embedded
And the Winner Is….
Posted: March 29, 2012 Filed under: Health Care, Uncategorized Leave a comment »Sent to you via Google Reader
And the Winner Is….
Individual Mandate | No to broccoli mandate, yes to health insurance mandate? | The Daily Caller
Posted: March 28, 2012 Filed under: Health Care, Uncategorized Leave a comment »http://dailycaller.com/2012/03/28/no-to-broccoli-mandate-yes-to-health-insurance-mandate/
Cost of ObamaCare Doubles
Posted: March 16, 2012 Filed under: Health Care, Obama, Uncategorized Leave a comment »Sent to you via Google Reader
Cost of ObamaCare Doubles
The Misconceptions Driving the Health Care Debate at AEI
Posted: March 15, 2012 Filed under: Health Care, WHO - Health Care Stats Leave a comment »http://healthblog.ncpa.org/the-misconceptions-driving-the-health-care-debate-at-aei/
Why Is There No Reliable Angie’s List for Doctors?
Posted: March 14, 2012 Filed under: Health Care, Uncategorized Leave a comment »Sent to you via Google Reader
Why Is There No Reliable Angie’s List for Doctors?
Administration Caught Changing Its Story on Why ObamaCare Exchanges Will Cost $111 Billion More Than Predicted Just Last Year | House Committee on Ways & Means
Posted: March 9, 2012 Filed under: Health Care, Obama, Uncategorized Leave a comment »http://waysandmeans.house.gov/News/DocumentSingle.aspx?DocumentID=283520
How Much Does a New Drug Cost?
Posted: February 17, 2012 Filed under: Health Care, Uncategorized Leave a comment »Sent to you via Google Reader
How Much Does a New Drug Cost?
Morality as Word Magic
Posted: February 12, 2012 Filed under: Health Care, Uncategorized Leave a comment »Sent to you via Google Reader
Morality as Word Magic
Doctor Poll: 69% Pessimistic About Future of Medicine Under ObamaCare
Posted: January 24, 2012 Filed under: Health Care Leave a comment »http://healthblog.ncpa.org/doctor-poll-69-pessimistic-about-future-of-medicine-under-obamacare/
The Long Run Is Nigh: Drum, Krugman, Disemployment and Obamacare
Posted: January 5, 2012 Filed under: Health Care, Uncategorized Leave a comment »Sent to you via Google Reader
The Long Run Is Nigh: Drum, Krugman, Disemployment and Obamacare
Learning from the Way Doctors Die
Posted: December 10, 2011 Filed under: Health Care, Uncategorized Leave a comment »Sent to you via Google Reader
Learning from the Way Doctors Die
