So, obesity is a serious problem. And it does drive up health care costs in the US. But, and we know this seems counterintuitive, weight loss doesn't necessarily bring down health care costs. Aaron Carroll tells you why.

We've got a permanent doc fix. It's all about the sustainable growth rate. Confused? We'll help. This is Healthcare Triage News.

Neoliberalism, warns Professor Wendy Brown, has created a form of reasoning in which human beings are reduced to their economic value and activity, and in which all fields of human activity are treated as markets and institutions,...

When Hawaiian Ranchers want to export cattle to the continental United States, sometimes they load their cows onto jet airlines and fly them across the ocean. By weight air travel is far more expensive than shipping on an ocean going...

The Asklepieion in Kos is an ancient medical centre placed 4 km to the south east of Kos Town, beyond Platani village. It dates from the first half of the 3rd century BC and it was built to honour the god of health and medicine,...

Congress can't figure it out. Big employers haven't either. But who has? We talk to one big insurer about consolidation, technology, disruption-and how health costs might, or might not, be brought to heel.

This video explains the concepts of inward and outward shifts in aggregate demand and short run aggregate supply and how they affect the economy. The speaker talks about how these shifts can lead to changes in price level and real output...

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In this video, the speaker explains the concept of short run aggregate supply curve (SRS curve), which represents the aggregate supply of all goods and services produced within an economy over the short run.

This video is a lecture presentation on cash flow forecasts and their importance in managing a business's cash flow. The host begins by explaining the concept of cash flow and how it is the difference between the cash that enters the...

The video sheds light on the economic, environmental, and health implications of conventional pig farming, emphasizing the true costs beyond the market price, including antibiotic resistance, environmental degradation, and animal welfare...

Today Boris Johnson is set to give the HS2 project the official go ahead. The high speed rail line between London, Birmingham, Manchester and Leeds has been pretty controversial. The project is incredibly expensive and has been delayed...

In 2005, when the RAND Corporation wrote about early childhood interventions, they argued that the evidence to date showed those interventions improved outcomes and generated benefits that outweighed the costs. More than ten years later,...

When the charger is plugged in with the switch turned on, it still draws some power from the outlet even when no device is attached to the charger. Though this amount is trivial, the total becomes significant when multiplied by 4-5...

Exercises in this video: Problem 1: 1. You are running north-east at a speed of 4 m/s. What component of your velocity is north? How about east? Problem 2: You are kite-surfing and your kite is pulling you upwards at an angle of 60º with...

This video explains the importance of identifying, categorizing, and recording costs in managerial accounting. The determination of costs is a major factor in management decision making.

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An aging population, rising cost of entitlement programs, increasing national debt and deficits. How can the U.S. keep this train from hitting the wall?

In this video, we'll learn about AWS well architected framework - part 2.
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This clip is from the chapter "The Well Architected Framework" of the series "AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner (CLF-C01) [Updated for 2021]".This...

Why do drug prices rises? Are pharmaceutical companies ripping people off? Drug price gouging has been all over the media this week. This is Healthcare Triage News.

In this video, the speaker explains the concept of cost curves and their importance in understanding the cost structure of a business. They begin by discussing how total cost can be divided into fixed and variable costs, and then move on...

As major purchasers of health care for their workers, employers carry a large burden of health care costs. How are big companies wielding their influence to lower costs and improve quality?

The video provides an introduction on the concept of profit and distinguishes between accounting profit and economic profit. It explains how businesses generate revenue from producing goods and services and how they calculate their...

In this video, the presenter covers topics such as the impact of inflation on competitiveness in trading, the concept of fiscal drag in taxes, and the redistribution of income based on inflation's differential impact on borrowers and...