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    How Four Cities Can Predict Murder in America

    There’s a workaround for researchers and policymakers faced with a big time lag in the release of national statistics.

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    How ‘Developer’ Became Such a Dirty Word

    It’s a demonized group, yet there are few solutions for the housing shortage that don’t at least partly involve more development.

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    Why Rate Cuts Don’t Help Much Anymore

    Interest rates have been so low for so long that further cuts may not do a lot to stave off a slowdown, the economist Austan Goolsbee says.

    By Austan Goolsbee

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    Medicare for All? For More? Here’s How Medicare Works

    As Democrats embrace the idea of expanding the federal health insurance program, we looked at what it covers and costs. It’s far from “free.”

    By Abby Goodnough

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    Democratic Debate Turns Ferocious Over Health Care

    The candidates sparred angrily over whether to wipe out private health insurance and institute a government-run health system.

    By Abby Goodnough

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    Would You Want a Computer to Judge Your Risk of H.I.V. Infection?

    A new software algorithm decides which patients are most likely to become infected with the virus. Does the assessment stigmatize patients?

    By Gina Kolata

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    Hospitals Would Have to Reveal Discounted Prices They Give Insurers, Under Trump Rule

    The proposal is part of the administration’s push to bring more transparency to health care markets.

    By Reed Abelson and Abby Goodnough

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    Economics Isn’t Dismal. It’s Useful.

    Economics is a superpower you can use every day, the University of Michigan economist Justin Wolfers says.

    By Justin Wolfers

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    You Are What You Watch? The Social Effects of TV

    There’s new evidence that viewing habits can affect your thinking, political preferences, even cognitive ability.

    By Jonathan Rothwell

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    It’s Easy to Forget, but a Program to Forgive Student Loans Already Exists

    Democrats are campaigning to fix an issue that is already starting to resolve itself for many teachers and other public servants.

    By Kevin Carey

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    Health Facts Aren’t Enough. Should Persuasion Become a Priority?

    Those with the least understanding of science oppose it the most and also think they know the most, a study showed.

    By Aaron E. Carroll

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    Politicians Tackle Surprise Bills, but Not the Biggest Source of Them: Ambulances

    A legislative push in Congress and states to end unexpected medical bills has omitted the ambulance industry.

    By Sarah Kliff and Margot Sanger-Katz

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