but I haven't seen a good response from Robin.
That is...disappointing.
Robin's a ton of fun to read and he publishes some pretty good stuff - but the more I read of him, the more I get the impression he likes to look at an interesting idea (like the RAND study showing lots of medical spending to be useless) and then not do any followup or avoid confirmation bias.
I have neither the qualifications nor the access to properly understand these two paywalled critiques of the RAND Health Insurance Experiment.
Health Plan Switching and Attrition Bias in the RAND Health Insurance Experiment
The Rand Health Insurance Study: A Summary Critique
Has there been any talk about either of these on OB/LW? If not, why not and could anyone with access to the papers make any comments about how much weight they carry?
I post this here because the RAND results are brought up so often in discussions here, I hope others find it to be an appropriate venue.