Legitimate questions, but this like so many others falls for the "rationing" myth. Nowhere does the author explain the activity of health innovation today.

Short opinion piece about possible adverse effects of Obama's stimulus plan to jump-start research on the effectiveness of drugs and health technologies. The author raises concerns that the government might hamper innovation in order to cut costs, but she doesn't fully develop her argument. Interesting read nonetheless.

A confusing and poorly written opinion piece which adds nothing to the healthcare debate, or to any other debate for that matter. The author jumps around from history to the price of eye drops, then without a shred of evidence, stops along the way to raise hypothetical questions about whether government healthcare will prevent innovation. (See the article about British medical research in today's edition.)

This is partial exploration of an important issue -- the effective health care reform on innovation in the field. Sobel raises more questions than she answers, failing to even offer a satisfactory explanation of how the system today encourages or discourages innovation.