It's so sad to learn of Howard Hiatt's passing. He was a legend and a great person. bostonglobe.com/2024/03/03/met… via The Boston Globe

Congratulations Neale Mahoney! Terrific choice.

Congratulations Aaron E. Carroll! Fantastic news.

Pretty remarkable stat from David Cutler's comment on recent CMS data: 'Medical spending as a share of GDP was virtually the same in 2022 as in 2009.'

If you'd told me back in 2009 that spending would level off like this, I wouldn't have believed you!
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The CMS actuaries have released their estimate of 2022 national health spending (they are awesome!). I have a comment. healthaffairs.org/content/forefr…

Powerful paper on the impact of coal-fired power plants on health. Not all small particulate matter is the same - coal plants are worst. And it names names. science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Rugby finals in action.

Congrats to Maya Rossin-Slater! Terrific choice!

John provides such a huge public service by doing this. Thanks so much John and everyone at AEA.

What a fascinating interview of Anita Summers, conducted by Jim Poterba and Claudia Goldin. google.com/search?q=nber%…

Optimal funding for biomedical research is a huge challenge. It depends on scale of disease + opportunity to advance. I think we need well more than $1B and a huge investment in all biomed research.

From the New Yorker article about San Francisco. Survival of the City in action. newyorker.com/magazine/2023/…

I wrote a remembrance of Vic Fuchs for Health Affairs. What a wonderful person. healthaffairs.org/content/forefr…

Such a well-deserved honor!

Such a well deserved honor for an amazing scholar and person. Claudia Goldin

Save the date for 9/28 @ noon eastern! If you are planning to apply for a PhD in Health Policy, or if you ever thought of applying, this is for you. If you know someone who might be interested, please share this!

The great Vic Fuchs passed away this morning. Without Vic, there is no health economics. He was a phenomenal scholar and a great person. The world was a better place because of Vic.

May his memory be a blessing.

Are you interested in health policy? Thinking about a PhD? Mark your calendar for an information session on the Harvard Health Policy PhD. healthpolicy.fas.harvard.edu/apply