PROVIDENCE – There are, according to the old chestnut, two things that are assured in life: death and taxes.A modern update for Rhode Islanders might include the assurance of getting stuck in … more

PROVIDENCE – The war of the words launched by Lifespan against the proposed merger of Care New England with Partners Healthcare in Boston, replete with its big spend on radio and TV ads in an … more

PROVIDENCE – An article in the January 2018 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association tried to answer the question of why health care is so much more expensive in the U.S. than … more

PROVIDENCE – At a time when the two leading hospital systems in Rhode Island, Care New England and Lifespan, are engaged in an escalating war of words over plans by Partners Healthcare in … more

PROVIDENCE – It is a small question with big implications: What happens if you are a patient, escorted into an exam room, and you find a “spent” mousetrap on the floor of the exam … more

PROVIDENCE – There is a lot of talk about data driven policy these days, but far too few examples of the concept in action. As Lauren Greenawalt of New America [a good government think tank] … more