http://archive2.mrc.org/taxonomy/term/6309/all en http://archive2.mrc.org/articles/nyt-wants-put-wasteful-health-care-choices-sleep <div class="field field-type-text field-field-subtitle"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> The Times, a supporter of universal health care, wonders if &quot;wasteful&quot; medicines and &quot;expensive&quot; new medical procedures are worth &quot;a few months&quot; - or even five years - of extra life. </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-nodereference field-field-source"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <div class="field-label-inline-first"> By</div> <a href="/author/clay-waters">Clay Waters</a> </div> </div> </div> <p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">What's behind the Times' stealth attack on other people's health-care choices? </p><br /> <p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"></p><br /> <p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">Without fanfare, the paper has published three front-page stories in three weeks suggesting that one medical procedure or another is wasteful or not beneficial and should be limited in the name of saving money. Such stories certainly make easier the Times' long editorial push for universal health care - and the rationing necessary for it to work</p><br /> <p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"></p><p><a href="http://archive2.mrc.org/articles/nyt-wants-put-wasteful-health-care-choices-sleep" target="_blank">read more</a></p> Articles TimesWatch AlexBerenson AnemonaHartcollis GinaKolata healthcare Medicare NewYorkTimes NYTimes ReedAbelson SocializedMedicine TimesWatch TimesWatch.org Fri, 18 Jul 2008 16:41:00 +0000 admin 6288 at http://archive2.mrc.org