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Health policy
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Kleyman: Reform scare tactics hurt ethnic elders
Paul Kleyman of New America Media about a cruel twist: the “death panels” label propagated by some extremists may serve…
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Journal Sentinel: STATS not as impartial as it claims
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel‘s Susanne Rust and Meg Kissinger make the case that George Mason University-affiliated STATS, a media watchdog…
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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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Insurers wade (calmly) into the town hall fray
The Wall Street Journal‘s Vanessa Fuhrmans and Avery Johnson shed some light on the insurance industry’s low-key effort to ensure…
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Lieberman, Schwitzer on Health Policy, coverage
FAIR, a media watch group, interviewed AHCJ members Trudy Lieberman and Gary Schwitzer in an attempt to cut through the…
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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…
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Pew: Health care again tops week’s media coverage
The Pew Research Center’s Project for Excellence in Journalism, which monitors 55 news outlets and about 1,300 stories across all…
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Doc praises, explains benefits of electronic records
Calling the typical paper-based health record system “a primitive, fragmented and unreliable way to do business,” Rahul Parikh, M.D., writing…
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Reporters miss crucial detail about Lewin Group
The Lewin Group, which refers to itself as “a leading health care policy and management consulting firm,” has launched a…
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House reform bill includes serious disclosure rules
The health care reform bill to be considered by the House of Representatives (1018-page pdf) includes strict disclosure requirements regarding…