Sheehan-Connor on Medicare Sustainability

Lauren RubensteinSeptember 4, 20121min
Economics prof. says expense of new medical treatments will force rationing to control costs

In an op-ed published in The Hartford Courant, Assistant Professor of Economics Damien Sheehan-Connor writes that the debate going on between the political right and left over how to best ensure the sustainability of Medicare misses “the basic driver of growth in health care costs–the development of new therapies.”