February 9, 2009 9:37PM 

# It Begins 

By [Michael F. Cannon](https://www.cato.org/people/michael-f-cannon) 

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The ink isn’t even dry on the big boondoggle — I mean, “[stimulus](https://www.cato.org/2009/02/04/dont-call-it-stimulus/)” bill — and the health care industry is already [making sure](http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123423024203966081.html) that the $1.1 billion dedicated to comparative-effectiveness research doesn’t accomplish a thing.

[Called it](https://www.cato.org/pub_display.php?pub_id=9940).

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