Bending The Cost Curve: Harvard's Cutler Says Rx Can Play A Big Role
This article was originally published in RPM Report
Executive Summary
Health care cost trends may not be so bad after all, former Obama advisor writes in New England Journal of Medicine. Prescription drugs can help, he writes-but not entirely in the way industry would hope.
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