The Real Truth About Death Panels: Comparative Effectiveness Research and the Health Reform Legislation

12 Pages Posted: 2 Aug 2012 Last revised: 8 Oct 2012

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Eleanor D. Kinney

Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law

Date Written: July 9, 2011

Abstract

The current debate over health reform has been intense and highly polarizing. In 2009, it was dominated by a brouhaha over death panels and talk of government rationing and domination of health care. I will begin my remarks by addressing the provisions of the health reform legislation that precipitated the talk of death panels and the like. Specifically, I will talk about the comparative effectiveness research initiative, which is at the root of the brouhaha over death panels. Then, I will explore the central question of whether comparative effectiveness research really is a contribution to true health reform and can achieve the critical goal of controlling health care costs.

Keywords: comparative effectiveness research, health policy, health law

Suggested Citation

Kinney, Eleanor D., The Real Truth About Death Panels: Comparative Effectiveness Research and the Health Reform Legislation (July 9, 2011). Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law Research Paper No. 2012-23, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2121423 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2121423

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