The US economy continues to disappoint and performs more poorly than original forecasts that were made by the more optimistic economists, who also tended to be supporters of the idea that our economy needs a big Keynesian stimulus. Sadly, this does not come as a surprise to many.

In a just-published op-ed, American Enterprise Institute (AEI) economist Alex Brill sets forth two options to reduce health care costs in Illinois' Medicaid system. If enacted, these efforts would be a part of a broader reform effort which is necessary to avert dramatic cuts in the future.

The Medicaid drug program wasted $329 million nationwide in 2009 from states all too frequently reimbursing for a version of a drug that is more costly than another product with the exact same active ingredient, dose, form and bottle size.

The American Psychiatric Association has released the blueprint for the fifth edition of its official handbook of diagnoses, the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders. Will the proposed revisions, which could place more of the population under pathology, help us to better understand mental disorders?

Several elements of the health reform plans moving proposed by the White House and moving through Congress would be detrimental to patients.

Democrats and Republicans alike can agree on the need to modernize healthcare through electronic prescriptions.

Democrats and Republicans alike can agree on the need to modernize health care through electronic prescriptions.

Democrats and Republicans alike can agree on the need to modernize healthcare through electronic prescriptions.