Peter Orszag defends the Independent Payment Advisory Board as a critically important part of the ongoing effort to shift U.S. health-care away from the fee-for-service model.

Peter Orszag highlights the selection effect problem that can drive up health-care costs when private insurance plans bid to cover Medicare beneficiaries.

Peter Orszag argues that Paul Ryan's proposals for Medicare and Medicaid reform would not reduce health-care costs so much as shift them around.

Ahead of the twenty-fifth anniversary of the Discovery Channel's "Shark Week," Micah Zenko counts down ten things that kill more people than sharks.

Peter Orszag explains how summer inactivity can leave lasting negative impacts on a child's academic performance and physical health.

Laurie Garrett and Steven A. Cook discuss the threats of Avian flu and foot and mouth disease in Egypt.

Peter Orszag argues that policymakers should work to encourage further strides in controlling health-care costs that are already being made outside Washington.

Peter Orszag explains how monthly cycles of food-stamp benefits may contribute to disciplinary problems among students from low-income families.

Peter Orszag argues that Greece should raise tobacco taxes to provide much-needed revenue and reduce its sky-high smoking rate.

Benn Steil's Forbes op-ed takes a critical look at the economics behind the Obama Administration's free-contraception insurance mandate.

Peter Orszag predicts more companies will begin offering workers fixed contributions that they can use to purchase health insurance plans for themselves.

Yanzhong Huang argues that the supposedly universal health coverage in China actually disguises the low level of benefits most people receive.

Isobel Coleman argues that increased access to voluntary family planning is one of the most cost-effective ways to improve health and reduce poverty.

Peter Orszag explains how federal incentives are bringing the digital revolution to U.S. health care.

Isobel Coleman and Gayle Tzemach Lemmon say the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan places maternal health programs for Afghan women in jeopardy.

Peter Orszag questions whether the Ryan plan's consumer-directed approach to Medicare reform can follow through on its promise to reduce total health spending.

Gayle Tzemach Lemmon discusses one Aghan woman's efforts to stop the reality that every 30 minutes, a pregnant woman dies in Afghanistan.

Peter Orszag writes that if the new Congress is truly concerned about rising health care costs, they should work to deploy the health care act's cost-containment measures fully rather than try to repeal them.

Peter Orszag argues that the health care legislation enacted by Congress earlier this year does many things right.  However, lawmakers did miss an important opportunity to shield from malpractice liability any doctors who followed evidence-based guidelines in treating their patients.

Peter Orszag says that improving the quality of health care and reducing its cost will require that doctors make many changes, including working weekends and consenting to quality management.