Comments for Money and Drugs in North Carolina at http://www.cepr.net , comment 1 to 3 out of 3 comments http://www.cepr.net Tue, 18 Jun 2013 16:17:17 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.3 http://www.cepr.net/index.php/blogs/beat-the-press/money-and-drugs-in-north-carolina#comment-19153 The piece is in the Raleigh News & Observer, not the Charlotte Observer. - RC Wed, 26 Sep 2012 21:34:52 +0100 http://www.cepr.net/index.php/blogs/beat-the-press/money-and-drugs-in-north-carolina#comment-19127 "By consolidating into large systems, hospitals have gained leverage to negotiate higher payments from insurance companies." ... So the two big North Carolina hospital systems have bought control over some 400 private cancer doctors. That's most of the oncologists in their vicinity. And now they can charge much more. It's a pity that the people who wrote the health reform act, the "numbers wizards" (to quote the rapturous description of Catherine Rampell), apparently did not know enough about health economics to conceive of this possiblity. Yes, nice article. - Rachel Wed, 26 Sep 2012 03:25:01 +0100 http://www.cepr.net/index.php/blogs/beat-the-press/money-and-drugs-in-north-carolina#comment-19123 Was this policy sponsored by the Right to Life Movement at Any Price? - Last Mover Wed, 26 Sep 2012 00:48:44 +0100