Plain Sense Economics

Perhaps as a fitting sequel to our discussion on rationing healthcare, comes an op-ed piece in the Washington Post by Alain Enthoven and Denis Cortese. The authors point to the need for reform on the supply side of healthcare, as well as improving access on the demand side.
[...T]hese programs [technology, preventive care, and effectiveness research] [...]

As David Leonhardt points out in his article today in The New York Times, rationing has become an evil buzzword in the debate over healthcare reform. Leonhardt correctly points out that we have rationing now, and that all of the anguish over rationing in a new system is just wasted heat.
I commend the article to [...]