Most of us know the Federal Reserve Board as the central banker for the United States. It is the entity that conducts the nation's monetary policy, supervises and regulates banking institutions, provides financial services to those institutions, and stabilizes the financial system during times of crisis....
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Is the Current Trend of Price Stability in Healthcare Costs Permanent?
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Bob Bucceri,
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Michael Chernow
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In a “Man Bites Dog” lead, we’re pleased to announce that healthcare spending appears to be declining. As of now.Earlier this month, the Wall Street Journal editorialized that the growth in health spending has leveled out at about 4% over the last three years. That’s lower than it’s been for 40 years...
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The late Supreme Court Justice Louis Brandeis once famously referred to state governments as laboratories of democracy. It is at the state level that lawmakers who are closer to their constituents than the Congress craft legislative solutions to solve the pressing issues of the day. If that’s...
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After being told that the Affordable Care Act would increase access to health care, Americans are waking up this week to find that’s not necessarily the case. As companies try to comply with the healthcare mandate and still preserve their margins and the jobs of their workers, those with high numbers...