My short answer: too many incentives point in that direction. My longer answer is over at the Washington Examiner.
Wednesday, October 28, 2009
Why is there so much waste in health care?
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- Fall newsletter from Michigan RRC
- Bad signs on entitlements
- Why is there so much waste in health care?
- New paper: “Obama’s $250 Bonus Turns Social Securi...
- Savings and Retirement Forum Featuring Mark Warsha...
- NASI event: Fixing Social Security: Adequate Benef...
- Watch the Fiscal Wake-Up Tour Online
- More on the “new Social Security notch”
- Would the Baucus health plan “raid” Social Security?
- John Berry on Social Security Politics
- How different is inflation for seniors versus work...
- Now I know why I don’t watch CBS News…
- Do seniors deserve higher Social Security benefits?
- Social Security benefits haven’t risen in generati...
- In Semi-Semi-Defense of Obama’s Social Security Pa...
- Republican proposes alternative $250 COLA payment
- Obama Nominates Blahous as Social Security Trustee
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- The real problem with public employee pensions
- US News on Social Security reform
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About me
- Andrew G. Biggs
- I am a Resident Scholar at the American Enterprise Institute in Washington, where my work focuses on Social Security policy. Previously I held several positions within the Social Security Administration, including Deputy Commissioner for Policy and principal Deputy Commissioner. Prior to that I was a Social Security Analyst at the Cato Institute. In 2005 I worked on Social Security reform at the White House National Economic Council, and in 2001 I was on the staff of the President's Commission to Strengthen Social Security. My Bachelor's degree is from the Queen's University of Belfast, Northern Ireland. I have Master's degrees from Cambridge University and the University of London and a Ph.D. from the London School of Economics and Political Science. I can be contacted at andrew.biggs @ aei.org.
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