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More Work Is Needed on the Safety and Efficacy of Healthcare Information...

By Stephen Soumerai & Ross Koppel If one were writing about the improvement of gastronomy in America, one would probably not celebrate “over 300 billion hamburgers served.”  But that’s very much...

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The Really Bad Math Behind the Social Security Cuts

By Stephen Soumerai Among the sacrifices Congressional representatives placed on the altar of deficit negotiations is an “inflation adjustment” that will shave “only” a few hundred dollars from an...

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An Obamacare Fine on Overweight Americans: Discriminatory and Ineffective

By STEPHEN SOUMERAI Amid the rancorous debates over the Affordable Care Act, one provision deserves to be getting serious discussion. It’s a provision that allows employers to increase the amount that...

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Better Living Through Research Design

By STEPHEN SOUMERAI What if policymakers, science reporters and even scientists can’t distinguish between weak and trustworthy research studies that underlie our health care decisions? Many studies of...

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