Consumer -Directed Health Care New England Journal of Medicine (subscription), MA - For the past century, a premise of health policy has been that patients are ill equipped to judge the merits of tests, treatments, and providers. ...

Consumer Reports Roanoke Times, VA - ... of a new safety blog from Consumer Reports. ... Roanoke Valley and still affiliated with Health Management Resources ... is the Center for Bariatric Medicine in Roanoke ...

Consumer unease with US health care grows USA Today - ... have come up with around 30% of health care is unnecessary," says Richard Deyo, professor of medicine at the ... Few saw any consumer responsibility in rising costs ...