The role of the New Democrats in the explosion of managed care
Market-based prescriptions hawked; focus on quality supplanted by focus on cost.
Managed cost, mismanaged care
The rise of “competitive,” for-profit health insurance from the ’70s to the ’90s. Concerns about quality of care lose out. First in a series.
Workers’ out-of-pocket health insurance costs to go through the roof?
If employers move to a “defined contribution” model, most likely “yes.”
Officials defend secrecy on business subsidies
Part 3 of our series on businesses incentives examines the justifications given by state and local officials who favor granting subsidies, but resist disclosing who gets them.
It’s like signing a blank check
Part 2 of our series on government incentive programs for businesses focuses on the lack of transparency at the local level.
“But everybody does it” — Cities and states addicted to soliciting for corporate favors
Are taxpayers getting their money’s worth out of public subsidies to private companies?
Nightmare on Meme Street: Uncertainty, fiscal cliffs, and grand bargains
Having become disoriented in the fog of Corporate Uncertainty, I was trying to find my way when, suddenly, over the Fiscal Cliff I went. I plunged straight down — deeper and deeper into the abyss. I thought all was lost. But then I saw the Grand Bargain waiting for me, beckoning to me. For a moment, I rejoiced.