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NPR series follows the money on Health Policy
A new NPR series, Dollar Politics, looks to, both figuratively and literally, turn the camera away from the politicians up…
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Reporters: Obama’s town-hall-style health care reform meeting ‘tightly controlled’
At 1:15 ET, President Obama is scheduled to answer questions about health care reform at a live, online town-hall-style meeting.…
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Report, feature focus on state health stats
The Department of Health and Human Services’ Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality has assembled data from the 2008 National…
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Obama to answer videos, tweets on Wednesday
At 1:15 ET on Wednesday, President Barack Obama will answer questions about health care reform at a live, online town-hall…
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Health insurance exec becomes hostile witness
You know your industry is in a real jam with Congress when the nosy legislators call an ex-spinmeister to testify…
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Gawande responds to critics of health cost piece
Atul Gawande, M.D., who recently wrote a much-discussed article about health care costs, has responded to his critics in a…
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Dartmouth Atlas: Powerful when used right
The Dartmouth Atlas contains detailed information on regional variations in health care spending and use and therefore has the potential…
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The perils of access: ABC defends coverage
Richard Huff of the New York Daily News reports that Republican Party officials (and Matt Drudge) have likened ABC’s planned…
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An ounce of prevention will cost you
Prevention is no panacea. If the country expects to keep people well by catching and treating disease early, better health…
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Tough talk and rough road for Health Policy
Speechmaking has given way to lawmaking. Now that the complex task of making Health Policy real is under way, it’s…