I know there are some new readers today, and, in the interest of expectation-setting, I wanted to reassure them that the newsletter isn’t usually this long. But I’ve been thinking

First, some personal news: I’m joining the Center for the Evaluation of Value and Risk in Health at Tufts Medical Center as a senior fellow.  It’s an unparalleled opportunity to

Writing today from the lovely city of Minneapolis, where I am staying in a hotel in which every single room has a replica Herb Brooks sportcoat hanging on the wall.

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Apologies for the unexpected absence yesterday. It was the first official collegiate game for my social media manager, so my attention was elsewhere. She had quite the debut, including the