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By Clara A. SmithThe Legislative Gazette (Albany, N.Y.), March 11, 2013Assemblyman Richard Gottfried and Sen. Bill Perkins have unveiled a bill that, if adopted, would
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By Timothy Shaw, M.D.The Capital Times (Madison, Wis.), Letters, March 11, 2013Steven Brill’s recent Time magazine article “Bitter Pill: Why Medical Bills Are Killing Us,”
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By Eric ZornChicago Tribune, March 5, 2013They jokingly refer to themselves as "road scholars," the part-time, often itinerate employees who teach the majority of the
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By Robert KroppSocial Funds, March 7, 2013Advocacy groups urge the pension fund to divest its holdings in private health insurance companies, arguing that the industry
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Despite insights, Time magazine's cover story falls short on remedyBy James KahnCommonDreams.org, February 28, 2013 In his recent Time magazine article, Steven Brill paints a vivid
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By Bob HermanBecker's Hospital Review, Feb. 27, 2013Many statistics and numbers are thrown around when health care policymakers and leaders discuss Medicare's administrative costs, but
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Health care spending in the U.S. has slowed because fewer people can afford health servicesBy Margaret Flowers, M.D.Al-Jazeera, Feb. 27, 2013By Margaret Flowers, M.D. |
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By James Binder, M.D.The Charleston (W.Va.) Gazette, Feb. 27, 2013A major shift is occurring in health and no one seems to be noticing. Computers have
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A profile of Dr. Elizabeth FrostBy Jacob WheelerThe Uptake (St. Paul, Minn.), Feb. 27, 2013If Minnesota ever adopts a single-payer heath care system, the work
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The New York Times, Letters, Feb. 24, 2013PNHP note: The following two letters were published as part of a "Sunday Dialogue" in response to a
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By Caroline Poplin, M.D.The New York Times, Letters, Feb. 21, 2013Re “The Health Benefits That Cut Your Pay” (Sunday Review, Feb. 17):With the best intentions,
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By Samuel Metz, M.D.New England Journal of Medicine, Correspondence, Feb. 14, 2013In their Perspective article, Cutler et al. (Nov. 15 issue)[1] describe methods for reducing
