The Congressional Budget Office's Case for Comparative Effectiveness

There's a lot of support for a federal comparative effectiveness agency, but would it actually curtail health care spending? The head of CBO says yes--when paired with the appropriate incentives.

By Peter Orszag

Too much of the public discussion about the nation’s long-term fiscal imbalance is about Society Security, Medicare and Medicaid, in...

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