After months of bickering, it looked like the Congressional vote on the Obama-esque healthcare reform package was too close to call. Democrats have been questioning members of their own party to vote with them for weeks. The Congressional Budget Office gave the Democrats the broadsword that th ... Read more

The overutilization of emergency rooms is often cited as a dangerous symptom of America's broken healthcare system. But a new Slate article from Zachary Meisel and Jesse Pines offers a rosier picture of emergency room usage, and dispels several pervasive myths. ... Read the full post ... Read more

Flanked, again, by doctors in lab coats, President Barack Obama gave yet another speech this afternoon urging Congress to pass his health care reform plan. The President again claimed his plan lowers health care costs. It doesn’t . The President again claimed his plan would not give government b ... Read more

Unless you're fighting off the swine flu , you're probably sick of medical talk. Even then, you likely just want a prescription and to be left alone. But regardless of how you're feeling, please bear with me a little bit longer as I update you on the effort to reform the U.S. ... Read more

| Peter Klein | Further to Russ’s post : One of the most frustrating aspects of the discussion surrounding health-care reform is the tendency of politicians, activists, and even a few economists to talk about “health care” as if it’s a homogeneous blob, or an ... Read the full post ... Read more