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‘Escape Fire’ movie tells powerful patient stories
I wrote earlier this fall about several new documentaries about health care. I’ve now had a chance to watch one…
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New technology for the mouth: Fashion statement or disease detector?
Tooth tattoos. Who knew? They could be the dumbest thing ever. Or the smartest. The dental website dentistry.com recently highlighted…
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Focus on Medicaid as budget debates escalate
Don’t forget about Medicaid as the budget debate occupies center stage in Washington. Howard Gleckman reminds us why this is…
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Kenen offers tips for explaining insurance exchanges, related challenges to readers, listeners
We heard a fair amount last week about what states plan to do with their exchanges – and we’ll know…
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Battles over water fluoridation spread across the country
As the election returns rolled in, armies of reporters across the country went to work exploring the fate of candidates…
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JAMA editor predicts embargoes will be up for discussion
This is a guest post by AHCJ board member and AP medical writer Carla K. Johnson, who leads AHCJ’s Chicago…
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Life expectancy of less-educated Americans decreasing
Call it the life expectancy gap. While Americans with higher education degrees are living longer, white men and women without…
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Britain worries magazines in waiting rooms could spread disease
As an anxious patient, I would gladly seek the comfort of a dog-eared old copy of County Life in the…
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Fla. reporter shares thoughts behind new blog on aging
In the latest installment of “Shared Wisdom” on the aging beat, Barbara Peters Smith of the Sarasota (Fla.) Herald-Tribune discusses…
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Watch funding, implementation and court cases as Health Policy moves forward
The election is over. Obamacare survived. So what’s the story in your state or community? Implementation. Or lack thereof. Joanne…