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Government
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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…
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CJR: Where did ‘death panels’ come from?
AHCJ president Trudy Lieberman, writing for CJR.org, traced rumors of “death panels” in the Obama reform plan back to radio…
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AIDS advocates: Obama needs to use leverage
The Chicago Tribune‘s Tom Hamburger reports that several global health advocacy organizations, including Doctors without Borders and OxFam International, have…
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Schools gear up to offer H1N1 vaccinations
Libby Quaid and Lauran Neergaard of The Associated Press write about schools across the country that are gearing up for…
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Glitch kept data out of Nursing Home Compare
Duane Schrag of the Salina (Kan.) Journal reports on problems he found in the data behind Nursing Home Compare, the…
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Where to find the facts on health care reform
With so many false claims about the health care reform proposals floating around, we thought this would be a good…
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Parikh defends Emanuel of ‘death panel’ fame
Pediatrician and blogger Rahul Parikh published an defense of Dr. Ezekiel Emanuel, an Obama adviser and the right wing’s latest…