Dagens länkar 2013-03-03

And despite some feeble claims to the contrary, privatizing Medicaid will end up requiring more, not less, government spending, because there’s overwhelming evidence that Medicaid is much cheaper than private insurance. Partly this reflects lower administrative costs, because Medicaid neither advertises nor spends money trying to avoid covering people. But a lot of it reflects the government’s bargaining power, its ability to prevent price gouging by hospitals, drug companies and other parts of the medical-industrial complex. (Paul Krugman i NYT 2013-03-03)

Del 3. Två män har samma skada. En av dem får leva, en får dö. Varför? I dag fortsätter ­Maciej Zarembas reportage om de perversa incitament som styr svensk sjukvård. (DN 2013-03-03)