May 18, 2011
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 »
May 10, 2011
May 10, 2011 > There are reasonable claims that personalized medicine can lower costs by specifying which expensive treatments will or will not be beneficial. But hard data is scant and there is cause for skepticism. read more »
May 6, 2011
May 6, 2011 > Dental coverage is often the first thing to go when health systems are trying to control costs. While many dental problems are less important than other conditions, balancing medical costs and benefits doesn’t always capture the entire picture. read more »
May 4, 2011
May 4, 2011 > The case for Medicaid coverage of contraception, Berwick tallies savings to taxpayers, and other recent news and commentary on attempts to control health care costs. read more »
April 27, 2011
April 27, 2011 > The U.K. is shifting responsibility for cost control from faceless bureaucrats to general practitioners. Will this change lead to the kind of implicit health care rationing long seen in the U.S.? read more »
April 21, 2011
April 21, 2011 > From state-level proposals for integrated care to public opinion on Medicare and Medicaid, a roundup of recent news and commentary on attempts to control health care costs. read more »
April 18, 2011
April 18, 2011 > Their budget plans have little in common. How good are their ideas for slowing the growth of health care costs? read more »
April 14, 2011
April 14, 2011 > In all the commentary on the Republican proposal to turn Medicare into a voucher program, including President Obama's speech, little attention has been paid to what is really behind this idea. read more »
March 30, 2011
March 30, 2011 > Why is so hard to talk about rationing? How can we get people to discuss what they don't even want to think about? Daniel Callahan delivers the keynote address at the University of South Carolina Law School's "Health Care Rationing and Public Debate" lecture. read more »
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