The healthcare economist’s view

Jason Shafrin’s hosting this fortnight’s edition of Health Wonk Review, covering issues from birth control to Sen Santorum’s health care platform.
One notable entry is Maggie Mahar‘s observations on the cost – or lack thereof of contraception: “A 2000 study by the National Business Group on Health estimates that not providing contraceptive coverage in employee health plans winds up costing employers 15% to 17% more than providing such coverage.”