Nov 22 The Priciest Part of Health Care — And What To Do About It By David Cutler // Hospitalization is the most expensive health care cost in Massachusetts, but why is it so expensive and does it have to be that way? Harvard's David Cutler argues that there's a way to make hospitalization more… Continue reading
Nov 21 Harvard’s David Cutler on how to cut health care costs // Massachusetts' 2006 law expanding health care coverage has served as a blue print for the Affordable Care Act. But as we reported in a Making Sen$e segment earlier this week, the state hasn't quite tackled the cost issue… Continue reading
Nov 21 Harvard’s David Cutler on How to Cut Health Care Costs // Massachusetts' 2006 law expanding health care coverage has served as a blue print for the Affordable Care Act. But as we reported in a Making Sen$e segment earlier this week, the state hasn't quite tackled the cost issue… Continue reading
Nov 20 Why Some Women Try to Have It All: New Research on ‘Like Mother, Like Daughter’ By Simone Pathe Daughters' working decisions are influenced by their own mothers and the mothers of their friends. Photo courtesy of Flickr user Fabio Trifoni. When Anne-Marie Slaughter first broached writing an op-ed about how women "still can't have it all,",… Continue reading
Nov 20 Why some women try to have it all: New research on ‘like mother, like daughter’ By Simone Pathe Daughters' working decisions are influenced by their own mothers and the mothers of their friends. Photo courtesy of Flickr user Fabio Trifoni. When Anne-Marie Slaughter first broached writing an op-ed about how women "still can't have it… Continue reading
Nov 19 Watch Facing rising health costs, Massachusetts seeks cost-cutting that improves care Facing rising health costs, Massachusetts seeks cost-cutting that improves care… Continue watching
Nov 19 Watch Will JPMorgan’s record settlement set incentive for better bank behavior? Will JPMorgan's record settlement set incentive for better bank behavior?… Continue watching
Nov 19 Why does health care cost so much in America? Ask Harvard’s David Cutler The American health care system is structured differently from systems in other countries, making it more expensive. Photo courtesy of Joe Raedle/Getty Images. Paul Solman: Harvard's David Cutler is among the country's foremost health economists, famous for --… Continue reading
Nov 19 Why Does Health Care Cost so Much in America? Ask Harvard’s David Cutler By David Cutler The American health care system is structured differently from systems in other countries, making it more expensive. Photo courtesy of Joe Raedle/Getty Images. Paul Solman: Harvard's David Cutler is among the country's foremost health economists, famous… Continue reading
Nov 18 Why baby boomers are making the wrong Social Security moves By Laurence Kotlikoff Boomers don't make the right decisions about collecting Social Security because the present often takes precedence over the future. Photo courtesy of Flickr user Leenata Bankhele. Continue reading