claim: the health bill's plan for comparative effectiveness research "would be used by the government to ration care."
author: john boehner
evidence_1: comparative effectiveness (ce) seeks to produce better information on what health care interventions truly work under what circumstances, and to make this ... for comparative effectiveness research. the health reform bills currently under consideration in congress would create an entity, either within the government or ...
evidence_2: but in a market such as health care, effectiveness studies can (in theory) shed light on what patients would have demanded in the absence of moral hazard and ... the healthcare reform bill of 2010, congress explicitly forbade the use of cost-effectiveness analysis in government programs (sections 1182(b)(2), 1182(c)(1), ...
evidence_3: feb 15, 2009 ... the stimulus bill will, for the first time, provide substantial financing for the government to compare different treatments for the same illness. ... medical-device lobbyists, who fear the findings will be used by insurers or the government to deny coverage for more expensive treatments and, thus, to ration care.
evidence_4: mechanism for improving the quality of health care and for decreasing health care spending. ... comparative effectiveness research is to improve health outcomes by developing and disseminating evidence- ... house tri-committee bill, “america's affordable health choices act” (h.r. 3200), would establish a center for.
evidence_5: abstract: one element of the patient protection and affordable care act (ppaca) is the advancement of “comparative effectiveness research” (cer). intended to compare available treatment options, cer can benefit patients if used for informational purposes only, but it could also be harmful in practice. the expansion of ...