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Government
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Primer prepares reporters for Supreme Court review of Health Policy
Back in 2009, when critics of what was then a Health Policy bill, not a Health Policy law, muttered about…
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Case could set precedent for regulating stem cells
On Forbes.com, Gergana Koleva digs deep into the ongoing court battle between Regenerative Sciences and the FDA over the question…
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Network drives increase in painkiller prescriptions
In the latest installment of his ongoing investigation for the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel and MedPage Today, John Fauber looks for…
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AHCJ calls for accessible reporting of physician payments
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services should create an easily usable and searchable database when it publishes information from…
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Medical, support network lacking for returning National Guard, reservists
National Guardsmen and reservists returning from duty in Iraq and Afghanistan “have been hastily channeled through a post-deployment process that…
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States responsible for health insurance exchanges for small businesses
Most of us know that in 2014, states will open health insurance exchanges (or the federal government will run a…
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Senators request inquiry into state medical boards
Three senators are asking the inspector general of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to investigate the oversight…
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Berwick shares thoughts on media coverage of health care, reform
Don Berwick has worked with reporters as part of his jobs at the Institute for Healthcare Improvement and, most recently,…
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Controversy over breast implants spreads across Europe
British clinics delivering cosmetic surgery were thrown into crisis by the decision last month of the French government to fund the removal…
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Investigation delves into Wash.’s prescription drug problem
Everything time we think prescription drug abuse stories have peaked, something comes along to push the story further. This time,…