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National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)
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Obesity-related medical costs double earlier findings
Spending on obesity is worse than we thought. A National Bureau of Economic Research study found that obesity actually accounts for 17 percent of all medical costs annually, as opposed to 9 percent
SPOTLIGHT: Individual health insurance mandate: Insights from Massachusetts
While many people are worried about the impact of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act's requirement that most Americans have health insurance, the individual health insurance mandate
