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[Term] Comparative-Effectiveness Research [Why it matters] The 2009 Recovery Act included funding for comparative-effectiveness research, and President Obama supports even more funding for it, saying it will lead to better care. Such research would also save money, if more-expensive procedures and treatments were found to be no more effective than cheaper ones. Opponents say such research could take medical decision-making out of the hands of doctors and give the government the power to decide what treatments should be covered by insurance. [What it is] 
Research into which medical procedures and treatments are most effective.
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