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		<title>Controlling Health Care Costs</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Nov 2011 04:20:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I cam across an Op Ed on controlling health care costs through bundling.  I&#8217;ve read about novel health systems that focus on high risk/frequent fliers that take daily vital signs via telemedicine and other ways to prevent costly admissions (ie: daily weights for CHF patients, daily in person clinic visits to monitor healing wounds in [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=armchaireconomics.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1154653&amp;post=123&amp;subd=armchaireconomics&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Rethinking Immigration</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 02 May 2009 03:58:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve always been pro immigration.  A believer in the free market, I felt illegal immigrants are merely providing a cheap labor force for service oriented jobs that our own citizens refuse to fill at whatever specified wage.  (for example; cooking, cleaning,  harvesting, constructing mcmansions, etc).  Those against immigration argue that illegals increase the tax burden [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=armchaireconomics.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1154653&amp;post=96&amp;subd=armchaireconomics&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Fed just doesn&#8217;t get it..</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Feb 2009 22:51:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Late 2008, the the Fed gave out ~$350b, about half of the $700b &#8216;bailout&#8217;  Congressional hearings showed that  there was very poor accountability towards how banks spent that money.  Rather than  loan it out, banks just hoarded it.  When asked why they weren&#8217;t loaning the money, they said that they are increasing loan requirements due [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=armchaireconomics.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1154653&amp;post=89&amp;subd=armchaireconomics&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Some quick points..</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Sep 2008 17:48:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve been studying for my board exams so haven&#8217;t been able to post.. but some quick points: I&#8217;m glad to see the bailout fail in the house yesterday.  Unfortunately rather than scratching the current plan, they are merely adding more clauses to it to gain more votes.  While the stock market reaction was expected, I [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=armchaireconomics.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1154653&amp;post=77&amp;subd=armchaireconomics&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>An Overlooked Solution: Some lessons from Sweden</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Sep 2008 22:43:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It seems as if Paulson&#8217;s plans aren&#8217;t getting through Capitol Hill as easily as easily as Paulson and the Bush administration would like it to. Rather than blindly react to a calamity (as they did after 9/11), cooler heads are prevailing. In a way, the quick announcement by the Fed for a &#8216;Bailout&#8217; last Friday [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=armchaireconomics.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1154653&amp;post=72&amp;subd=armchaireconomics&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Open Letter to Senator Charles Schumer</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 20 Sep 2008 18:30:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Honorable Charles Schumer, I am writing to you, as a constituent and resident of New York State, to share with you my thoughts and concerns regarding the Federal Reserve’s action in response to this week’s financial upheaval on Wall Street. While I understand the necessity for swift and decisive action in order to stabilize [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=armchaireconomics.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1154653&amp;post=66&amp;subd=armchaireconomics&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Fed bailout of Wall Street: Reverse Redistribution of Wealth</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Sep 2008 17:22:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Fiscal conservatives (and the rich) have always cried foul over progressive tax policies and socialist policies(or as they see it, the redistribution of wealth from the rich to the poor). Today, we are witnessing perhaps history&#8217;s greatest reverse redistribution of wealth.. from the lowly taxpayer/common man to those who gambled on risky bets (and lost). [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=armchaireconomics.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1154653&amp;post=61&amp;subd=armchaireconomics&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>From a Feminist: Vote for Palin because shes a Woman!</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Sep 2008 06:46:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I came across an interesting post that seems to be a site for Ex-Hillary supporters who are going to vote for McCain/Palin. Rather than put forth any legitimate (am I being sexist since I&#8217;m a man?) reasons, this is what she is saying (I will extract the relevant points to save you from the wall [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=armchaireconomics.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1154653&amp;post=56&amp;subd=armchaireconomics&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>MyGallons.com: Profiteering off the frenzied fear of the weekly fillup</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Jul 2008 05:08:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Recently, I&#8217;ve been reading countless stories about consumers making ridiculous financial decisions to trade their SUVs for something more fuel efficient, anything ranging from a Smart car to a motorcycle.  The sad part is that for many of these people, they are upside down on their SUV (ie: they owe more on the SUV than [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=armchaireconomics.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1154653&amp;post=48&amp;subd=armchaireconomics&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Economics of trading in an SUV</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 May 2008 13:56:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[With oil futures at $130/barrel and gas prices topping $4.00 a gallon in many areas, SUV owners are feeling the pinch at the pump where fill ups often cost between $80-100. While it is easy to villify SUV owners for their largess and lack of forsight, the question remains: Is it worth it to trade [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=armchaireconomics.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1154653&amp;post=47&amp;subd=armchaireconomics&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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