News
National Journal | Are Health Care Costs Healing Themselves?
No one knows why, but health spending has been growing at record-low rates. If it keeps up, it could have major implications for one of the hottest debates in Washington.
Econ Comments & Analysis
Investors | Venture Capital In Medical Innovation Declines
Venture capital investment in American life-sciences innovation is suffering an alarming decline. The number of new biotechnology and medical device companies receiving start-up financing has now fallen to the lowest levels in 18 years, according to PriceWaterhouseCoopers.
Washington Times | Panic over Obamacare
Over $2 trillion will be poured into Obamacare over the next decade but even that won’t be enough, so the government is going to private health care companies and even lobbyists with a begging bowl. Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius has been hitting the telephones and looking for speaking dates in a hunt for big-dollar donations.
