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Generic biotech is coming – eventually
When people carp about the high prices of drugs, the poster kids are often the biotech wonders that can cost…
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Briefing helps reporters get up to speed on reform
Last week, the Alliance for Health Policy held a briefing geared toward reporters who might not yet be fully up…
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Reinhardt calls for price research/transparency
Princeton health economist Uwe Reinhardt – the keynote speaker at Health Journalism 2009 – spoke to U.S. News & World…
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Ex-Hill honchos make lobbying roundtrip
You can’t tell the health-care lobbyists without a program. So The Washington Post, working with data from the Center for…
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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…