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In the 1970s, policymakers tried to control healthcare costs by limiting the construction of new health facilities through certificate of need (CON) laws. However, empirical studies of such limits on hospital construction could not find convincing evidence that this type of regulation was effective....

The CLASS Act was a failure, but the need for something like it remains and will grow. In fact, without a replacement policy, we could end up with the bigger nightmare

The president took an extra week to develop his budget, but the extra time was apparently not enough to yield Medicare policies that could produce real savings. Competitive bidding offers a better solution, but only if we are willing to give it a chance.

Last month, the Drug Enforcement Administration abruptly revoked the narcotics license held by the distributor Cardinal Health, preventing that firm from shipping prescription pain drugs to thousands of Florida pharmacies and hospitals. It's the latest tactic in the DEA's struggle to stem the illicit use of prescription painkillers like OxyContin and Vicodin.

The single largest component of Medicaid is long-term care for the elderly, followed by care for the seriously disabled. And the biggest chunk of all is care for what are called the "dual-eligibles," those who qualify for both Medicare and Medicaid.

For nearly a half century, women working in health services outside of hospitals have routinely experienced higher unemployment than their counterparts in the rest of the civilian workforce—typically by two to three percentage points.

Many of the 3.2 million Medicare patients who use home health services will be the first victims of health care rationing as a result of the Obama Health Care Reform Movement.

Friday’s jobs report showed an anemic gain of only 18,000 non-farm jobs across the entire economy. Health services accounted for an astonishing 13,500 of these new jobs.