How much burden do preventable diseases put on health plans, and how much can lifestyle interventions help? California Public Employees Retirement System spends 22% of health expenditures to treat these chronic diseases. With interventions, estimates show disease could be reduced 5-15%, saving $18-54 million each year. Read More.
President Obama, Vice President Biden, and Mitt Romney have released their 2011 returns. Because their income came from different sources, federal income and payroll taxes claimed very different percentages of their income. Use our Tax Policy Center's interactive chart to see exactly what taxes they paid and why. Read More.
A new study finds that crime declined throughout Chicago and Atlanta as the two cities undertook the nation's largest public housing transformations, but some destination neighborhoods for families leaving public housing saw smaller than expected decreases. In both Chicago and Atlanta, overall crime rates declined dramatically throughout most of the past decade, particularly in areas where public housing was demolished. Read More.
Everything You Wanted to Know About Health Care Reform
As the Supreme Court debates health care reform this week, UI's Health Policy Center provides an overview of reform and answers key questions about its effects on physicians, patients, families, insurance premiums, the economy and more. Read more: Health Care Reform overview; Everything You Wanted to Know.
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