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health care cost
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‘Main Street’ informed, skeptical on Health Policy
In her blog on CJR.org, AHCJ Immediate Past President Trudy Lieberman updates what is becoming an annual franchise: Her summer…
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Article looks at evidence behind back surgery
In the Star Tribune, Janet Moore seeks to counter aggressive spinal surgery with equally aggressive journalism. It’s a comprehensive take…
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Frugal Minnesota splurges on lower backs
For physicians and patients, treating lower back pain is an exercise in restraint and patience. According to federal guidelines, such…
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Why insurers care about the medical-loss ratio
The Wall Street Journal‘s Avery Johnson explains the significance of the “medical-loss ratio,” a single metric within the reform bill…
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Healthcare.gov coming July 1
KHN’s Phil Galewitz previews the July 1 launch of a federal website he says “will give consumers a list of…
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AHRQ asks ‘Who’s paying for rising health costs?’
The latest statistics brief out of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality address what researchers called the “growing burden…
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List reveals drugs U.S. consumers buy from Canada
Photo by pulsman via Flickr. On the Los Angeles Times‘ Booster Shots blog, Jeannine Stein has located the Canadian International…
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GAO looks at ‘extraordinary’ drug price hikes
In a new report (pdf), the Government Accountability Office looks into what caused hundreds of extraordinary increases in prescription drug…
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Med school prof: Dartmouth Atlas is ‘malarkey’
In a story done in collaboration with The Philadelphia Inquirer, Kaiser Health News’ Jordan Rau’s report on a leading physician’s…
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Dartmouth Atlas: Powerful when used right
The Dartmouth Atlas contains detailed information on regional variations in health care spending and use and therefore has the potential…