Medicare vs VA—VA Wins; Delaying Antibiotics for UTI; Dolutegravir Approved to Treat Resistant HIV Infection

If Medicare spent money on drugs the way the VA does, it could save millions of dollars without lowering the quality of what patients get, according to a study by researchers from the VA Center for Health Equity Research and Promotion, the University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health, and the University of Pittsburgh School of Pharmacy, all in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; and The Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice in Lebanon, New Hampshire.