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Documentary tonight examines health care system
The documentary “Money-Driven Medicine,” based on a 2006 book of the same name by Maggie Mahar, will air tonight on…
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CJR: Where did ‘death panels’ come from?
AHCJ president Trudy Lieberman, writing for CJR.org, traced rumors of “death panels” in the Obama reform plan back to radio…
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Kleyman: Reform scare tactics hurt ethnic elders
Paul Kleyman of New America Media about a cruel twist: the “death panels” label propagated by some extremists may serve…
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AIDS advocates: Obama needs to use leverage
The Chicago Tribune‘s Tom Hamburger reports that several global health advocacy organizations, including Doctors without Borders and OxFam International, have…
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Insurers wade (calmly) into the town hall fray
The Wall Street Journal‘s Vanessa Fuhrmans and Avery Johnson shed some light on the insurance industry’s low-key effort to ensure…
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Lieberman, Schwitzer on Health Policy, coverage
FAIR, a media watch group, interviewed AHCJ members Trudy Lieberman and Gary Schwitzer in an attempt to cut through the…
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Kurtz: Media ineffective at debunking claims
Washington Post media critic Howard Kurtz writes that the media’s attempts to debunk claims of “death panels” in Health Policy…
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20/20 co-anchor to appear at Health Policy events
ABC News’ John Stossel will either moderate or be the keynote speaker at health-care town hall meetings in Wisconsin, sponsored…
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Reporting on the public option a topic of webcast
In a White House briefing on Tuesday, spokesman Robert Gibbs reiterated that that President Obama still prefers the public health…
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Organ network looks to address regional disparities
American Medical News‘ Kevin O’Reilly writes that, spurred on by attention paid to Apple boss Steve Jobs’ trip to Tennessee…