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Reporter finds voices of prescription drug abuse
In an ongoing series, reporter Elaine Grant of New Hampshire Public Radio has worked to inform the public about prescription…
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Senate idea: Tax plastic surgery to pay for reform
Peter Cohn of NationalJournal.com reports that the Senate Finance Committee has discussed, among other things, a 10 percent tax on…
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Government a ‘game changer’ in health IT
In the knowledge management magazine KM World, Nancy Davis Kho evaluates the Obama administration’s push for health information technology, focusing…
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Health care news coverage on the rise
A study from the Kaiser Family Foundation and Pew’s Project for Excellence in Journalism looked at how the U.S. news…
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Press not explaining how plan will affect consumers
AHCJ president Trudy Lieberman recently appeared on Bill Moyers Journal on PBS, with Marcia Angell, M.D., a senior lecturer in…
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Why Canada’s system does and doesn’t work
Susan Taylor Martin of the St. Petersburg Times explored Canada’s universal health care system, seeking to dispel rumors and misconceptions…
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Trib’s Triage blog ends, Graham goes investigative
The Chicago Tribune‘s Triage blog has closed its doors and Judy Graham – the face of the blog for the past…
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Calif. nurse rehab program full of holes
ProPublica’s Tracy Weber and Charles Ornstein follow up their investigation of California’s nursing oversight with a story about the failures…
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Obama, media find reform issues tough to explain
NPR Senior Washington Editor Ron Elving takes a look at why President Obama’s prime-time news conference last week failed to…
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Blogger’s open letter criticizes Snyderman
Daily Kos contributor JDWolverton posts his critical open letter to Dr. Nancy Snyderman, the host of MSNBC’s new midday health…
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