After years of explaining that neither could AHIP do genuine research nor could its venerable President open her mouth without lying, the rest of the world has caught on.
Repeating his message that Health Costs Are the Real Deficit Threat OMB Director Peter Orszag goes into the not exactly friendly territory of the WSJ Opinion pages and explains that practice variation is unnecessary and wasteful, comparative effectiveness research is a good idea. and that changing financial incentives for providers is necessary if we are ever to get health care costs under control.
Brian Klepper and David Kibbe have written a terrific piece on how and why healthcare is in a handbasket and wondering where it's going. But as we ex-futurists know, there's lots of luck required to make a good forecast.