Cost-Cutting Proposals Could Cost Life Spans

Concern over rising health care costs has led to some proposals that could be dangerous for cancer patients like myself. I’ve lived with multiple myeloma, a cancer of cells in the bone marrow for the past six years, ever since it first revealed itself with a terrible...

Healthcare’s War on Costs is Really a War on Patients

ICER and cost control guru Peter Bach are slamming the brakes on innovation No matter what side of the aisle you’re on, we can all agree that medical progress should be celebrated and accelerated, not halted or even slowed. New Yorkers know this. The Big Apple is the...

After The ICER Storm

Here are the takeaways from the ICER meeting on” Treatment Options for Relapsed or Refractory Multiple Myeloma”.   First, it is obvious that the Midwest Comparative Effectiveness Advisory Council is nothing but a cheap coat of paint used to poorly cover-up the fact...