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Government
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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…
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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…