Bolton graduates miss out on top jobs because of prejudice, says vice-chancellor
George Holmes says employers favour applicants from better-known institutions, as he plans to change university’s nameStudents from non-Russell Group universities miss out on high-powered jobs because of prejudice by employers, the vice-chancellor of the University of Bolton has said as he prepares
Impact of the “like it/keep” extension likely small and self-limiting
Senior officials reported that some 1.5 million people might be eligible for the latest administrative tweak to the Affordable Care Act, an extension of the “like it/keep it” fix that would permit individuals to maintain plans that don’t meet new coverage requirements through October 2017. The move
Improving competition in Medicare Part D
在其一月份提出的规则制定通知（NPRM）的一项条款中，对于Medicare D部分和Medicare Advantage，CMS提出，它将接受来自2016年覆盖范围的每个P Planspons的竞标（PDP）竞标，从2016年覆盖范围开始。首先，它将[…]改善医疗保险D部分的竞争首次出现在偶然的经济学家上。
Quote: Proposed changes to the Medicare drug benefit
The three classes of drugs — widely used antidepressants, antipsychotics and drugs that suppress the immune system to prevent the rejection of a transplanted organ — have enjoyed special “protected” status since the launch of the Medicare prescription benefit in 2006. That has meant that the private
I’ve been somewhat amazed at the hypocrisy that politicians can muster when it comes to health care reform. I get explicit about that in my latest piece at the JAMA forum.去看！ @aaronecarrollThe post JAMA Forum: A Tale of 2 Plans first appeared on The Incidental Economist.
On The Record (with daily recap)
Today in TIE: Austin on guideline-driven care and geographic variability and reading list, Don with more on the Goldilocks principle, this time in the mortgage realm, Aaron with two posts on why high deductible plans likely won’t save that much money (post 1, post 2) and a personal tale of his inter
On The Record (with daily recap)
GAO: Health Oppty Accounts Demonstration in Medicaid BPC: Domenici-Rivlin Proect Medicare Act Brookings: Controlling Medicare Costs: Is Premium Support the Answer?(video archive soon) Today in TIE: Reflex, Fifth installment of Austin’s series on premium support in Medicare, and he shows that Med Adv
On The Record (with daily recap)
Urban: addressing long term care without CLASS (video) Today in TIE: Reflex, Austin reviews private plans in Medicare, Don on the long strange trip toward consensus on premium support (maybe), the difference between cost effective and cost saving and texting patients orders is a no-no, while Kevin c
