Healthcare Triage
Does More Social Spending Reduce Healthcare Costs?
We spend a lot of money on social programs. Studies indicate that a lot of those programs work to improve health outcomes for people who receive the benefits. So, does that social spending reduce healthcare costs? Not really. But cutting...
Healthcare Triage
Results Are In! Congressional Budget Office Scores the American Health Care Act
And it's not a hit. Last week we talked about the new American Health Care Act, but ended on the note that it needed a score from the CBO. Well, the CBO has spoken, and it's not great news for the AHCA.
Healthcare Triage
Why Don't We Invest More in Public Health?
Many, many studies conclude that investing in public health is more effective than continually increasing spending on expensive treatments. So why doesn't the US spend more on public health?
TLDR News
Coronavirus Budget: The UK’s 2020 Budget Summarised - TLDR News
Yesterday, the Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak announced the UK government's new budget for 2020. As you'd expect the virus featured pretty heavily, but they also discussed taxation, investment, and borrowing. In this video,...
Healthcare Triage
Rising Pet Care Costs Might Tell Us Something about Human Health Care Costs
In almost every year since the 1960s, health care spending has grown at least as fast as the overall economy, and often much faster. Health economists have long debated why.
Healthcare Triage
Donald Trump and Healthcare Cost Sharing
One of the few things that both Donald trump and Hilary Clinton seemed to agree on is that high out-of-pocket spending, specifically as it relates to the Affordable Care Act, is a problem. One of Clinton's most popular health care...
Healthcare Triage
Medicare for All and Administrative Costs
Political talk is getting more and more serious around Medicare for All in the United States. The argument, as usual comes down to costs. One of the advantages that proponents always bring up are the very low administrative costs of...
Healthcare Triage
Americans Spend a Lot on Diabetes, Heart Disease, and Back Pain
One of my fist big efforts on my blog was a ten point series on health care spending in the US. It also led to John doing this video - which is the fourth most popular vlogbrothers video EVER, - which pretty much led to Healthcare...
ACDC Leadership
The Economics of the Coronavirus
I hope that you and your family are safe and healthy. Like many of you, I'm quarantined in my house so I made this quick video talking about some of the economic concepts associated with recent events. I talk about scarcity, shortages,...
Healthcare Triage
Where is the Waste in Health Spending?
Up to 25% of health spending in the US is wasteful. Where is that money being lost? What can we do about it?
Healthcare Triage
Why Does the U.S. Spend So Much on Healthcare? High, High Prices.
American healthcare spending is still WAY higher than pretty much all other industrialized countries. But not that long ago, things were different. The US didn't spend nearly as much in this realm. What changed? Demographics? More...
ACDC Leadership
Macro Unit 2- Practice Questions #1
This is videos has 11 practice multiple choice questions for Macroeconomics Unit 2: Measuring the Economy. The questions are designed for AP and college introductory economics. Do your best and feel free to click on the "learn more" link...
Healthcare Triage
The American Health Care Act: A Republican Response to The Affordable Care Act
The Republican plan to replace Obamacare is here, and we've got the details!
ACDC Leadership
Fiscal Policy and the Tax Multiplier Practice (2 of 2)- Macro Topic 3.8
In this video I explain how changes in taxation are different than changes in government spending. Keep in mind that tax cuts have less of an effect on AD than increasing spending since people save a portion of a tax cut. Thanks for...
PBS
How Eating Out Keeps You Poor!
Restaurants are getting more and more expensive, yet Americans are eating out more often. How much damage is this doing to your long-term financial goals?
Institute for New Economic Thinking
Bill Mitchell: Demystifying Modern Monetary Theory
In a challenge to conventional views on modern monetary and fiscal policy, Professor Bill Mitchell of Newcastle University in Australia has emerged as one of the foremost exponents of Modern Monetary Theory (MMT), a heterodox challenge...
The Economist
Where to invest in 2019?
2018 was a difficult year for investors. American markets were the best bet last year, but where should people put their money in 2019?
Hip Hughes History
The Debt Ceiling Explained: American Government Review
Let HipHughes explain the basics about the Debt Ceiling.
Cerebellum
Emergence Of Modern America: The Depression - Declining Confidence
Just the Facts: The Emergence of Modern America: The Depression uses fascinating historical footage to explore six decades that shaped modern America. The series examines the Gilded Age in the late 19th century, the Progressive Era of...
All In One Social Media
How To Use TikTok For Business Marketing [Content & Social Media Marketing Strategies]
Everyone is talking about TikTok (especially Gary Vee), but is it the right place to be investing your time for your marketing? In this video I will share with you how to use tiktok for business marketing as well as how you can add it...
Healthcare Triage
Ending Risk Adjustment Payments Will Further Undermine Obamacare
The Trump administration announced its intent to stop making risk adjustment payments to insurers on the ACA marketplaces.
Curated Video
Fiscal Policy: Threats and Opportunities for Businesses
This video is a lecture on fiscal policy, which refers to the decisions a government makes about taxation levels and formats, government spending on services, and implications for government borrowing. The Chancellor of the UK sets out...
PBS
Fighting the Wedding Industrial Complex
74% of couples say they PLAN to go into debt to pay for their weddings! But does it have to be that way?
Healthcare Triage
Preventive Care is Good, Even Though It's Not Saving Money
The idea that spending more on preventive care will reduce overall health care spending is widely believed and often promoted as a reason to support reform. Unfortunately, that doesn't pan out in real life.