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Study questions value of some home health providers
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By Ann Troy, M.D.Pacific Sun (San Rafael, Calif.), Letters, Aug. 7, 2014Congress created Medicare 49 years ago to provide seniors with health care, protection against
Vermont Is ‘Single-Payer’ Trailblazer
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Safety Concerns About New Drugs Revealed
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Adventures in ‘Prior Authorization’
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America needs improved Medicare for all
By Anne Scheetz, M.D.State Journal-Register (Springfield, Ill.), Aug. 2, 2014Forty-nine years ago, on July 30, 1965, President Lyndon Johnson signed Medicare and Medicaid into law.By
Improve health care by building on Medicare’s success
By Erica Heiman, M.D.The Sacramento Bee, July 31, 2014Lately, I have been diagnosing a lot of high blood pressure and diabetes. Patients who have never
We All Need Health Care Now
National Health Insurance Saves Money in the Long RunBy Peter ConnSanta Barbara (Calif.) Independent, July 30, 2014Happy birthday, Medicare, which celebrates 49 years of service
Medicare’s 49th birthday: What is to be done?
By Danny Ash, M4KevinMD.com, July 30, 2014At a crowded townhall meeting in 1959, an elderly woman stepped up to the microphone and spoke to a