Healthcare

Here’s what death panels really killed

By Paige Winfield Cunningham
Published May 26, 2015 9:00am ET
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Here’s what death panels really killed
Pharmacist, William Hewitt, (R) speaks with Aase Kjos-Hansen about her options under the new Medicare prescription drug benefit program at Rosemont Pharmacy January 18, 2006 in Portland, Maine. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images) | Joe Raedle

“Death panels” killed something after all: Republicans’ desire to evaluate whether a medicine or treatment is really worth its cost.

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