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Election 2012: What do we know about the fate of Health Policy?
Joanne Kenen, AHCJ’s Health Policy topic leader, earlier discussed five potential outcomes of the election. Given what we now know…
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New and noteworthy tidbits on the aging and health care beat
The Center for Budget and Policy Priorities has published a new report that looks at Social Security’s role in keeping…
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A quick Obamacare election recap – or ‘precap’
So the election is finally here. What do we know about the fate of “Obamacare?” As I write this on…
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Election could affect ACA’s expansion of dental care
Dental coverage might not have grabbed top billing in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, but the law does…
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Seniors have special concerns in natural disasters like Sandy
It’s well known that older adults are more vulnerable in times of natural disaster. But there’s nothing like a storm…
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As Tenn. lags in youth sports concussion laws, reporter shows delay taking a toll
The Tennesean‘s Nate Rau becomes the leader in the clubhouse for 2012’s “most viscerally disquieting use of a verb” award…
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Hospital Compare helps reporter fact check claims
After the local county commission voted to close Birmingham’s Cooper Green Mercy Hospital and replace it with a hub-and-spoke system…
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Investigation: Medtronic paid millions to surgeons; ghostwrote papers
Over at the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel and MedPage Today, John Fauber updates Side Effects, his long-running investigation into conflicts of…
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Chain hit with suit alleging it illegally owns dental clinics
A class-action lawsuit, accusing one of America’s largest corporate dental chains of illegally owning dental practices and of deceiving patients,…
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NYU hospital evacuation prompts questions about plans in other facilities
More than 200 patients had to be evacuated from New York University’s Langone Medical Center last night when backup generators…
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