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Austin Frakt

Austin Frakt is a health economist and an assistant professor at Boston University's School of Medicine and School of Public Health. He blogs at The Incidental Economist.

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Chart of the Day: The Health of Baby Boomers

by Austin Frakt February 5, 2013January 9, 2022
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Mountains, Molehills, and the Individual Mandate Penalty

by Austin Frakt February 1, 2013January 9, 2022
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Age-rating and Selection

by Austin Frakt January 14, 2013January 9, 2022
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Chart of the Day: What Kills Young Americans

by Austin Frakt January 4, 2013January 9, 2022
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How the Health System Fails Consumers

by Austin Frakt January 2, 2013January 9, 2022
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The State of the Literature on the Association between Health Care Cost and Quality

by Austin Frakt January 2, 2013January 9, 2022
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Chart of the Day: Health Care Spending by Age and Country

by Austin Frakt December 31, 2012January 9, 2022
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Forget

by Austin Frakt December 31, 2012January 9, 2022
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Why Is Rudolph’s Nose Red?

by Austin Frakt December 20, 2012January 9, 2022
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What the Newtown Shooting and the Fiscal Cliff Have in Common

by Austin Frakt December 19, 2012January 9, 2022

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