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Working Paper No. 1: THE BIG COST OF BIG MEDICINE: Calculating the Rent in Private Health Care
Abstract As a country, the United States spends significantly more on health care than other advanced industrialized count-ries, and Americans have comparably worse health out-comes. Both are developments of the last four decades. In this paper, we present a marco, long term explanation of these adverse changes by looking at the evolution of antitrust and patent laws in the United States, surveying the literature on how change in concentration and patent laws have led to in

Research Paper: ANALYSIS OF SINGLE PAYER HEALTH CARE IN OHIO: Context, Savings, Costs, Financing
Abstract This economic analysis explores the implications of a single payer health plan in the state of Ohio if it were to go into effect in 2019. The Act would replace Ohio’s current multi-payer system in which individuals, private businesses and government entities pay public and private insurers for health care coverage. The Act would establish a state health plan to finance medically necessary care including hospitalization, doctor visits, dental, vision, mental/behav-ior
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