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Health policy
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Times crafts strong reminder of screening’s dangers
Sarah-Kate Templeton, in The Times of London, tells the story of one victim of medical screening and overtreatment, wrapping that…
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Benjamin: Leaving patients ‘bittersweet’
The U.S. Senate has confirmed Regina M. Benjamin, M.D., M.B.A., to be surgeon general, the Department of Health and Human…
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Bundled payments may improve care, lower costs
Kaiser Health News’ Phil Galewitz looks at bundling hospital payments, a possible solution to the confusion and cost of separate…
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Resources for journalists covering flu
AHCJ member Stefanie Friedhoff has led a Nieman Foundation effort to bring together as much pandemic flu material as possible…
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Feds issue guidance on medical marijuana
New federal guidelines specify that prosecutors should not target suppliers or users of medical marijuana if they are compliant with…
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WSJ looks at effects of Penn. outcomes database
The Wall Street Journal‘s Thomas Burton has taken a look at the effects of one state’s commitment to publishing hospital…
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IoM: We need clear guidelines for disaster triage
AHCJ president Charles Ornstein, with Sheri Fink, M.D., writes for ProPublica about the report of an Institute of Medicine committee…
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Is Baucus’ excise on ‘Cadillac’ plans too broad?
The New York Times‘ Reed Abelson writes that the excise tax on premium health insurance plans that Montana Sen. Max…
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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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Equal treatment for mental health in peril
Phyllis Vine of MIWatch.org, a site about mental illness, writes that last year’s mental health parity legislation has run into…