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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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Health Care’s Huge Contribution to Current Debt, in Two Charts

by Austin Frakt October 22, 2012January 9, 2022
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In Search of the Swing Voter

by Austin Frakt October 17, 2012January 9, 2022
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The Buck Stops at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center

by Austin Frakt October 15, 2012January 9, 2022
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Can Too Much Sleep Kill You?

by Austin Frakt September 25, 2012January 9, 2022
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A Few Points About Romney’s “Repeal and Replace”

by Austin Frakt September 10, 2012January 9, 2022
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Medical Reporting

by Austin Frakt September 4, 2012January 9, 2022
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Is the Recession Killing Granny?

by Austin Frakt August 28, 2012January 9, 2022
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A Century of Health Care Reform

by Austin Frakt August 28, 2012January 9, 2022
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Two Questions I’d Like Answers To

by Austin Frakt August 27, 2012January 9, 2022
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Happy New Year?

by Austin Frakt August 23, 2012January 9, 2022

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