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Blame game: Obamacare becomes scapegoat for all that’s wrong with health care
Blame it on Obamacare. That’s what you hear, over and over again. Anything in the health care system that someone…
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CMS: Interim ACO, bundled payment savings top $488 million
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released interim financial results for its various ACO and bundled payment initiatives…
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Uncovering the real drivers of obesity in young people
It’s great that the rapid rise in youth obesity since the 1980s has started to level off. But there’s an…
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Find out if lack of health literacy keeps people from ACA benefits
Yet another study tells us how little the public knows about the Affordable Care Act, and how even the people…
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Court strikes down USDA claim that food stamp program data is exempt from FOIA
In a victory for advocates of government transparency, a federal appeals court on Tuesday rejected the government’s arguments for withholding…
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Court ruling may signal tougher stance on hospital-physician ventures
One of the most significant trends in health care over the past few years has been the merger of physician…
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Journalist explains what to expect from new mental health parity rules
Later this year, health plans will be under new mental health parity rules affecting how insurers should cover patients with…
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Cover the science behind screenings, preventive health recommendations
The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force often finds itself in the news when determining what works and doesn’t work in screenings and…
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Covering HIV/AIDS and older adults
Janice Lynch Schuster The CDC estimate that 636,000 people have died from AIDS in the United States since the virus was…
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Media groups decry CDC’s silence on W.Va. spill; agency admits communication missteps
The recent chemical spill in West Virginia, which contaminated the drinking water of 300,000 people, became another occasion when federal…
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