How “the Grim Reaper effect” stops our government from saving lives

How “the Grim Reaper effect” stops our government from saving lives

Last summer, the Congressional Budget Office released a report under the unassuming name “Budgetary Effects of Policies That Would Increase Hepatitis C Treatment.” I read it because I am the type of person who is interested in the budgetary effects of policies that would increase hepatitis C treatment. Embedded in the report, though, was a point that will be important for just about anything the federal government tries to do to save the lives o…