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A Policy Prescription for 2012
Two years after the enactment of the Affordable Care Act, opponents and proponents are destined to collide in the Supreme Court. The controversy surrounding health reform, if not decisively determined by the Court, will certainly impact the upcoming elections. The Continue Reading …
2011 Year in Review
In 2011, the United States faced staggering unemployment and soaring national debt while changes in health policy strived to deflect the cost curve downward. Here we present some of the best evidence produced in the past year. Access to Care: Continue Reading …
[Anecdotes] Plan B – Got Another Option?
“ Is there a place for evidence-based health policy in repropreventive services?” The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) made history last week when Secretary Kathleen Sebelius overturned the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) decision to bring Plan B Continue Reading …
[Anecdotes] Practicality, not idealism, should drive essential benefits
The Physicians for a National Health Program (PNHP) recently sent a to the Obama administration protesting the “grossly inadequate, skimpy, spartan standard” benefits made by the Institute of Medicine (IOM) on the definition of essential health benefits. The – mistakingly deemed Continue Reading …
[Anecdotes] Freedom of Speech is License to Kill
Commentary writer Ken Paulson makes a cogent argument that tobacco manufacturers should not be compelled to display graphic warnings on cigarette packages to indicate tobacco’s toxic properties (“Column: Cigarette makers have freedom not to speak“). Since the 1960s, evidence of the deadly effects Continue Reading …