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April 26, 2026
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April 26, 2026
Why Healthcare Spending is High

Looking at hospitals and patients, we can see why healthcare costs are higher in the United States than in our peer nations.

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March 18, 2026
Spanish immigration
March 18, 2026
How Young Immigrants Add to an Older Population

Underappreciated and invisible, an unexpected impact on elderly healthcare comes from our immigrant population.

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March 6, 2024
Weekly Economic News Roundup and value of a vaccine
March 6, 2024
The Value of a Vaccine

To see the value of a vaccine, we can look at the past, present, and future, and at our health and our economy.

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October 8, 2023
weight loss
October 8, 2023
What We Lose (and Gain) From Weight Loss Drugs

Looking at the impact of the newest weight loss drugs, we see the impact ranging from our health to the health of the fast food industry.

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September 27, 2022
Weekly Economic News Roundup and aging populations
September 27, 2022
Why We Want Age Inflation (or Maybe Deflation)

New UN life expectancy projections might not really display what living longer will mean for the most developed nations.

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January 13, 2022
Weekly Economic News Roundup and value of a vaccine
January 13, 2022
How a Vaccine Is Like a Craft Beer

With surprising similarity, whether it's craft beer or vaccines, new product names create difficulties for firms.

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January 11, 2022
Weekly Economic News Roundup and Medicare worries
January 11, 2022
Why We Might Be Healthier Than We Think

When we look at the OECD Healthcare spending and outcomes among its 38 member countries, some facts about the U.S. are surprising.

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August 23, 2021
hospital prices
August 23, 2021
How Hospital Price Transparency Became Foggy

Although the hospital prices transparency rule kicked in last January, it still is somewhat impossible to decipher a hospital's price list.

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May 6, 2021
Economic News Roundup and vaccine vials
May 6, 2021
How Patents Create Vaccine Tradeoffs

To be sure that vaccine markets travel from the developed nations to developing economies, we might have to accept some costly tradeoffs.

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February 19, 2021
Weekly economic news roundup and COVD-19 impact
February 19, 2021
Where We Lost 20,507,518 Years From COVID-19

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February 11, 2021
federal spending
February 11, 2021
How Present and Past Social Spending Could Connect

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January 26, 2021
Weekly Economic News Roundup and value of a vaccine
January 26, 2021
How Legos Helped to Build a Vaccination Center

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