For such a haven of faceless bureaucrats, NICE has suddenly become the hate figure of the UK.  NICE - or the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence - is the gatekeeper of the National Health Service, and it is the ultimate arbiter of the drugs that are prescribed by doctors. Sometimes drugs are turned down on grounds of cost, ...

Most agree that the American health model is in meltdown.  Driven by insurance money, surgeons perform too many unnecessary operations while doctors dispense too many unnecessary drugs.  Not only does this aggressively interventionist approach keep medical costs high, it also means others wait longer to get on the medical ...