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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…
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Perceptions affecting support of public option
In the Health Policy debate, the public option has emerged as the latest controversy and possible stumbling block. A Washington…
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Obama confident speech revived reform efforts
Steve Kroft of 60 Minutes interviewed President Barack Obama the day after he addressed Congress and the nation about health…
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H1N1 will challenge public health policymakers
On his Cold Truth blog, Andrew Schneider questions some H1N1-related public health decisions while acknowledging the difficulties policymakers are bound…
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Islanders, sick from fallout, are political hot potato
Writing for the Associated Press, Mark Niesse digs into a dispute between the state of Hawaii, the federal government and…
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Consumers, experts react to Obama speech
Kaiser Health News got the reactions of nine experts to President Obama’s address to Congress. The group includes researchers, policy…
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Congressional health coverage solid, not exclusive
The Oregonian‘s Charles Pope heard all the talk, especially from Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Oregon), about the desirability of the health…
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Post-speech reading: Reaction to Obama’s remarks
This is a quick, by no means comprehensive, sampling of what’s being said about President Obama’s speech on health care…
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Access to list of disciplined health workers in limbo
NPR’s Joseph Shapiro looked into the status of the Healthcare Integrity and Protection Data Bank, a database of nurses, nurse…
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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…