PHARMA/QUALITY: Merrill Goozner has dug into "The Most Costly Earmark in S-CHIP"

GoozNews: The Most Costly Earmark in S-CHIP

Increased risk of death. No benefit. Higher costs for taxpayers. The ongoing Epo saga, whose latest chapter is being written on Capitol Hill, is a perfect example of why our health care outcomes are second-rate, while our health care costs are second to none.

This is a great bit of digging from Merrill, and it shows why FFS or in this case, Fee for drugs is just a bad way of paying for medical care. Do read it.