Retail clinics: The competition heats up
By Ken Terry
Medical Economics
June 16, 2006
"Retail" walk-in clinics, located in supermarkets and stores like CVS and Target, are already competing
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Retail clinics: The competition heats up
By Ken Terry
Medical Economics
June 16, 2006
"Retail" walk-in clinics, located in supermarkets and stores like CVS and Target, are already competing
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APA President Urges Support For Single-Payer Insurance System
American Psychiatric Association
Psychiatric News
June 16, 2006
The events that (APA President Steven) Sharfstein weathered this past year underscored the
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State health law could be template
By Bob Kievra
Worcester Telegram & Gazette
June 16, 2006
The state's 65-day-old health care law could have national significance - legislation that
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HMO Rate Increases Continue to Decline for Fourth Consecutive Year, According to Hewitt Associates U.S. Employers Remain Focused on Managing Costs
Hewitt Associates LLC
Press Release
June 13,
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2006 Annual Meeting of the House of Delegates Reference Committee highlights
AMA
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The Huffington Post
The Blog
(Accessed June 13, 2006)
In today's NY Times (June 10), Hillary Clinton states, "I think you should cover all children who don't have
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Washington Monthly
Political Animal
By Kevin Drum
June 11, 2006
THE S-WORD....Ezra Klein, practicing for his career as a TV talking head, responds to a question about whether national
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Medicare Advantage benchmarks and payments compared with average Medicare FFS spending
MedPAC
Medicare Briefs
The purpose of this report is to present data on the level of Medicare
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Interim Recommendations of the Citizens' Health Care Working Group June 1, 2006
The Citizens' Health Care Working Group was created by the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement
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Health Financing Revisited: A Practitioner's Guide
The World Bank
May, 2006
This report provides an overview of health financing policy in developing countries. It is a primer on
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Rite of Passage? Why Young Adults Become Uninsured and How New Policies Can Help
By Sara R. Collins, Cathy Schoen, Jennifer L. Kriss, Michelle M. Doty,
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Health care reform to follow Socialist model until 2008
Hungary Around the Clock
May 23, 2006
Health care will operate in line with the Socialists' plans until late