COMPARATIVE EFFICACY DOWN THE TOILET

Science Dies Again

The U.S. House has put so many stipulations around the potential uses of comparative efficacy data, that it is--in the words of another blog--entirely "neutered."

So insurance will continue to be the ones who _do_ deny and ration care based on their own versions of comparative efficacy. So will formularies based on the usual "arrangements," some legal, some not. And science will be flushed down the toilet.

http://www.reuters.com/article/rbssHealthcareNews/idUSN3043148420090730