As the swallows return to Capistrano...

so Republicans rush to defend ineffective medicine.  What is it with these guys?  The PPACA funds the Patient Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) with a $2 per person per year tax on health insurance policies.  $2 a year is about half the cost of a latte and about 1/200th of the cost increase in the average annual premium for an individual from 2010 to 2011.  That's really not that much to pay to avoid having your (or someone you love's) hip shredded, or to avoid an unnecessary radical mastectomy.  Think about it...