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American dentistry, a parallel medical universe
NationalJournal’s Margot Sanger-Katz reports on the sometimes woeful state of American dental care, especially for low-income children. And yes, her…
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Esophageal cancer screening could lead to runaway health costs
Reuters’ Frederik Joelving reports that a new, easier method of taking biopsies to detect esophogeal cancer, called TSA, has opened…
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Investigative reports lead to Senate investigation into painkiller promotion
Following up on reporting efforts from the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel/MedPage Today and ProPublica, a Senate committee has launched investigation into…
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Reuters explains Big Food’s remarkable lobbying success
Investigating for Reuters, Duff Wilson and Janet Roberts analyzed lobbying records and found that, in the past few years, the…
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Comprehensive series on N.C. hospitals includes national context, effects of reform
The (Raleigh, N.C.) News & Observer and The Charlotte (N.C.) Observer just combined forces to do a terrific five-part series…
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Tulsa World investigates billing, compensation at ambulance utility
The Tulsa World‘s Ziva Branstetter has, for months now, been doggedly investigating the billing practices of the Emergency Medical Services…
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AP puts numbers on the prescription drug epidemic
The Associated Press’ Chris Hawley has worked through the latest numbers on the prescription painkiller boom, helping to illustrate the…
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How health care price fixing works in Maryland
As part of her series in National Journal, Margot Sanger-Katz explains how four decades of health care price controls have…
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Disciplined doctors in Conn. continue to get drug industry payments
Lisa Chedekel of the Connecticut Health I-Team reports that, even as doctors are investigated and disciplined for violating medical conduct…
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Calif. program of bundled dental care for children gets a checkup
About 18 years ago, California implemented a program of “geographic managed care” for children’s dental coverage in Sacramento. Now, in…