News
National Journal | Health Spending Varies Widely Across U.S.
States with richer, older people are more likely to spend more money on their health care, according to a study from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services released on Wednesday.
National Journal | Lawmakers Argue for Prostate-Cancer Screening
Lawmakers and testifying experts argued that the new recommendations endanger the lives of men who would benefit from early detection and treatment. The decision to screen and to treat should be a decision reached between a patient and his doctor, they said.
National Journal | HHS Overrules FDA, Limiting Morning-After Pills for Teens
In a surprising move that opens the Obama administration to accusations of putting politics above science, Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius has overruled the Food and Drug Administration’s decision that would have allowed any woman, including teens under the age of 17, to get a morning-after birth-control pill without a prescription.
Blogs
Econlog | Health Care Dilemmas
Almost all medical professionals have seen what we call "futile care" being performed on people. That's when doctors bring the cutting edge of technology to bear on a grievously ill person near the end of life.
