Author Archives: Paul T. Menzel

May 18, 2011
State Efforts

Cost-Effectiveness Review in Action

Paul T. Menzel
May 18, 2011 > Washington State's Health Technology Assessment Program uses comparative effectiveness research and cost information to determine health coverage for state employees and Medicaid recipients. What is the key to its strong bipartisan support? read more »
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October 13, 2009
Politics

Cost Control: How Incapacitated Are We?

Paul T. Menzel
October 13, 2009 > The health care reform bills in Congress do not do enough to control costs, and special interest groups are only partially to blame. A deeper and more stubborn problem, the author says, is that most people simply do not understand cost escalation. read more »
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