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Government
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How hysterectomies spurred Dartmouth Atlas’ birth
In the first of a three-part series on health care costs in America, NPR’s Alix Spiegel tells the story of…
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How will Health Policy affect Medicare?
The Associated Press’ Carla Johnson looks at how health care reform might affect those currently covered by Medicare, focusing on…
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Autism news raises question: When is an embargo not an embargo?
Are embargoes yet another quaint tradition that, like so many before it, has been pushed into obsolescence by the weight…
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Abandoned mercury mines taint water, fish
As The New York Times‘ Toxic Waters captures attention across the country, the Associated Press has released its own story…
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Flu plan includes withholding ventilators
Sheri Fink, M.D., of ProPublica, is reporting that state and federal officials are drawing up guidelines on who would get…
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OIG: Are we ready for a flu pandemic?
The Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of Inspector General has released two reports assessing just how prepared Americans…
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Bloomberg explains all five House, Senate plans
Bloomberg’s Kristin Jensen and Nicole Gaouette have perused all five proposed health care reform plans, each originating from a different…
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EPA never tested playground material’s safety
Andrew Schneider reports on a investigation by the advocacy group Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility that found the EPA, in…
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Baucus releases ‘Healthy Future Act’
As expected, Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D‐Mont.) released that committee’s Health Policy proposal, called America’s Healthy Future Act,…
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NYT investigates Clean Water Act violations
In the latest installment of The New York Times‘ Toxic Waters series, Charles Duhigg says that, for this investigation, the…