Mercury News

Opinion: Calculating the unprecedented economic costs of COVID

The economic toll of the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States will reach $14 trillion by the end of this year, our team of economists, public policy researchers and other experts estimate. That ...
Yale Environment 360

Novel study quantifies immense economic costs of mental illness in the U.S.

Mental illness costs the U.S. economy $282 billion annually, which is equivalent to the average economic recession, according to a new study co-authored by Yale economist Aleh Tsyvinski. The ...
Los Angeles Times

‘Unprecedented by most measures’: Calculating the astonishing economic costs of COVID

The economic toll of the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States will reach $14 trillion by the end of this year, our team of economists, public policy researchers and other experts estimate. That ...
American Enterprise Institute

What Economic Lessons About Health Care Costs Can We Learn from the Competitive Market for Cosmetic Procedures?

Between 1998 and 2018 prices for “Medical Care Services” in the US (as measured by the BLS’s CPI for Medical Care Services) more than doubled (+109.8% increase) while the CPI for “Hospital and Related ...
American Enterprise Institute

What Economic Lessons About Health Care Costs Can We Learn from the Competitive Market for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery?

Between 1998 and 2021 prices for “Medical Care Services” in the US (as measured by the BLS’s CPI for Medical Care Services) more than doubled (+132.2% increase) while the CPI for “Hospital and Related ...