Sarah Brodsky

Sarah Brodsky is a policy analyst at the Show-Me Institute, an organization based in St. Louis, Missouri. She received her bachelor’s degree in economics from the University of Chicago. Her work has appeared in the Springfield News-Leader, the Saint Louis Business Journal, IT&T News, and other publications.


Monday, August 18, 2008

Regulating Restaurants 

By Sarah Brodsky

Filed As:  Health Care

There are myriad proposals out there to create onerous new regulations, but this one takes the cake:

In ... more »»

Friday, July 11, 2008

If You Give a Mouse a Cookie... 

By Sarah Brodsky

Filed As:  Health Care

… He’ll ask for a bakery license from the state.

The trend toward occupational licensure seems to be hard to resist, even for mavericks like mice … or midwives. Midwives in North Carolina, where practicing tocology is ... more »»

Wednesday, June 4, 2008

One-Size Health Care Doesn't Fit All 

By Sarah Brodsky

Filed As:  Health Care

One of the downsides of paying for health care through insurance is that patients have less incentive to conserve scarce resources. For example, someone who pays for medicine with savings will consider carefully whether a prescription is really helpful, whereas someone who goes through insurance will be ... more »»

Wednesday, May 28, 2008

Health Care and Health Insurance 

By Sarah Brodsky

Filed As:  Health Care

Check out this new website.  The Missouri Foundation for Health set it up to educate people about insurance coverage and collect ideas for ... more »»

Thursday, May 1, 2008

HSAs Are Catching On 

By Sarah Brodsky

Filed As:  Health Care

Health savings accounts are growing in popularity, according to this article. Six million people are now enrolled in plans that allow them to use HSAs. Critics are still claiming that ... more »»

Sunday, February 3, 2008

Saved by the Midwife 

By Sarah Brodsky

Filed As:  Health Care

Midwives make an appearance in the Kansas City Star:

What if hospitals are overwhelmed by casualties, disease or infection? Many first responders are not prepared to deal ... more »»

Tuesday, January 15, 2008

Midwives at the Movies 

By Sarah Brodsky

Filed As:  Health Care

I see on the St. Louis Ethical Society's website that they just had a program presented by Free the Midwives and showed a new film about maternity ... more »»

Thursday, November 29, 2007

Health Care: Cheaper Than Ever Before 

By Sarah Brodsky

Filed As:  Health Care

This looks like an interesting report about Missourians' health insurance coverage and spending on health care. I enjoy learning new ... more »»

Monday, October 29, 2007

Competition to the Rescue! 

By Sarah Brodsky

Filed As:  Health Care

We often hear about escalating health care costs, and policymakers debate what the state should do about it. Here's some good ... more »»

Thursday, October 18, 2007

Women's Health in Missouri 

By Sarah Brodsky

Filed As:  Health Care

An article in the Post-Dispatch today reports that the National ... more »»

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