Man on a Mission

Congressional Budget Office director Peter Orszag is becoming the apostle of comparative effectiveness research. Orszag believes a national effort will reduce health care costs over the long term-and he's telling anyone who will listen.

Congressional Budget Office director Peter Orszag is on a mission: sell the idea of a national effort on comparative effectiveness research as a way to control rising health care costs.

Orszag has taken to Capitol Hill and the conference circuit to argue that with the right incentives, a national effort...

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