Doctor's Orders?

Critics of comparative effectiveness research, which the government has been funding for decades, claim that it will lead to treatment being approved or denied based on costs. Proponents say it will improve the quality of care and can, in some cases, show that more costly treatments aren't as effective as less expensive alternatives.

We can't predict what will happen in the future, but we can say that several claims being made about the impact of ... Full Story »

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Dwight Rousu
4.2
by Dwight Rousu - Mar. 3, 2009

I think the earlier Media Matters report (thanks to Dan Kennedy) gives a better image of the lack of journalistic checking of facts on the part of Fox, Limbaugh, and the Wall Street Journal, as they echoed the erroneous claims with great outrage. The Fox video link there shows the nature of the beast if you know the distortion in the claim.

The wikipedia info on Betsy McCaughey_Ross shows her rather bizarre path through politics, including earlier attacks on the Clinton health care proposals.

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Dwight's Rating

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4.2

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5.0
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5.0
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3.0
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3.0
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4.0
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5.0
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3.5
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5.0
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2.0
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