Business Roundtable Offers Pragmatism on Social Security and Medicare
Business leaders tend to be pragmatic and non-ideological, so their influence is…
Reframing Gun Control as a Public Health Issue
Gun proponents have worked hard to characterize unfettered firearm ownership as a…
Time to Discourage Cancer Screening for People with Limited Life Expectancies?
The USPSTF recommendations on the age to start breast cancer screening attracted…
OIG Clears the Path for Physician Incentives
For health care reform to succeed (and for the nation to achieve…
Getting Charged for Rework in a Hospital
In Reducing surgical complications: How to make it happen faster, I contrasted…
The Speed Bump Test for Appendicitis
When a teenage relative of mine had suspected acute appendicitis, the pediatrician…
Mental Health Access is No Substitute for Gun Control
I’ve been surprised at the upswell of support for increasing access to…
Fiscal Cliff Dwellers: Don’t Forget, You Could Always Beef Up IPAB
Republicans are gunning for entitlement cuts as part of a deal to…