New York TImes Endorses Health Care Price Controls

In an editorial on August 18, 2009, the editors at The New York Times recommend price controls in the health care legislation to control costs. They call it "imposing lower payments on hospitals and doctors."

The article can be found here.

In contrast, The Washington Post ran an op-ed from an orthopedic surgeon named Marshall Ackerman. He discusses how a government plan would stifle medical innovation. His editorial can be found here.

Analysis of these and the original article can be found here.