Think the contraception decision was bad? Wait until bureaucrats start telling your insurer which cancer screenings to cover.

This report emphasizes one way that regulations following from the CAA directly influences individuals‟ behavior: through the Inspection and Maintenance (I&M) programs.

By next year, about two-thirds of American physicians will be working as salaried employees of large groups and hospitals. This movement has been underway for years. Over the last decade, the number of independent physicians was falling by about 2% a year. But these trends are now accelerating. 

Scott Gottlieb reviews Eric Topol's book on how medical innovation will coalesce to change clinical practice and what the coming changes mean for today's policy debates.

The private sector can and should play an important role in public health, but it remains to be seen whether or not the benefits that have arisen from the AMFm could have been achieved through alternative mechanisms and potentially at lower cost.

Doctors order certain procedures to protect against frivolous suits filed by trial lawyers seeking an easy payout, particularly after a doctor makes a simple mistake.

Background

About a third of the world’s population, concentrated in poorer regions of the world, may be infected with TB, which generally lies dormant until the carrier’s immunity is impaired by another disease (often HIV infection). Without treatment, about half of the patients with active TB will die. According to WHO...

The new health care law will create a policy limbo that is likely to persist for decades, increasing uncertainty, ultimately discouraging investment and scientific risk-taking.