Medicare advice

September 29, 2008

CEOs of the Mayo Clinic and Johns Hopkins write an op-ed suggesting some common sense ideas to dealing with the runaway Medicare train.

Among the suggestions are comparative effectiveness, removing Congress from coverage decisions, and eliminating price controls.

All good ideas, will the government listen?



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