“If there is any hope that Congress' new healthcare bill will put some restraints around the growth in medical costs, it rests in the part of the proposal that calls for rewarding programs that reshape how medicine gets practiced. And ‘reshaping medicine' includes using studies that point the way to the best practices. … And the Obama administration has the chance to invest in one such program with Dallas ties—the Nurse-Family Partnership—when it starts giving out $1.5 billion in home healthcare grants later this year. … Registered nurses are put directly into the community, where they work with mothers before and after birth. … Yes, there's an upfront cost, about $5,000 per patient. But the savings justify the cost. There is evidence to back up this medical practice.”
—Dallas Morning News