Hospice Extends Life, Saves Money
Any time you hear someone use the phrase “death panels,” ask them…
Pharma: Funding R&D: High Prices, Overuse A Failed Strategy
Much has been written about the travails of the pharmaceutical industry. Generic…
If It’s Unnecessary, Who Cares Which Stent Is Better?
The Lancet in its latest edition has another “paradigm-shifting” study (its words)…
The Mandate May Fall, But Not Reform
Opponents of health care reform, whose case will be heard next week…
The Power of Observational Studies
My colleage Gary Schwitzer at HealthNewsReview.org has a post today questioning the…
How The Medical Device Industry Lobbies
30 Things You Need to Know About The Medical Device Industry…
Raise Medicare Age? That’s Cost Shifting, Not Cost Saving
Mitt “Two Cadillacs” Romney in his Detroit speech on Friday said he’d…
Prevention Axed To Pay for Doc-Fix
Would you sell your home’s storm doors to pay for this winter’s…
(Some) Docs Launch War on Overutilization
(Reuters)–A leading group of U.S. doctors is trying to tackle the costly…