Senior administration officials will announce a new $1.2 billion initiative to expand the use of electronic medical records by doctors and hospitals today.
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The Swiftboating of Health Reform – The Treatment
Recently, in two separate conversations, I heard senior Democratic officials remark that they were taken aback by the right’s distortions in the health care debate. My initial reaction was surprise: What did they expect? …
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The Swiftboating of Health Reform – The Treatment
For Major Health Industry Players, Reform's Positives Outweigh …
“Everyone has been nicked a little bit, but they are all flesh wounds,” said Nancy Chockley, president of the National Institute for Health Care Management, a nonpartisan health policy research organization funded by Blue Cross and Blue …
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For Major Health Industry Players, Reform's Positives Outweigh …
HEALTH REFORM: We Can't Fix Health Care By (Merely) Fixing Health …
“People who are uninsured are more likely to be diagnosed with advanced cancer, which requires harsher treatment and is more often fatal…The failings of our health care system are directly contributing to needless cancer suffering and …
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Will Health Reform Bring Choice? – Economix Blog – NYTimes.com
The current health -care system gives insurance companies all the power. They get to pick and choose who gets a policy.
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Will Health Reform Bring Choice? – Economix Blog – NYTimes.com
Will Emphasis on Prevention Bring Health Costs Down? – Kaiser …
To do that, legislation being debated in Congress requires Medicare and private health insurers to fully cover preventive services such as checkups and screening tests for cancer without any patient co-payments or deductibles. …
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Lawmakers, Officials Distort The Facts To Support Or Oppose Health …
“Confusing claims and outright distortions have animated the national debate over changes in the health care system,” the Associated Press reports.
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Lawmakers, Officials Distort The Facts To Support Or Oppose Health …
Which Health Players Are Spending the Most On Lobbying? – Health …
Hospitals, drug makers, insurers and doctors are all pouring money into Washington.
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Which Health Players Are Spending the Most On Lobbying? – Health …
Debating Pains: Taking the Temperature of Health Reform – Economix …
An economist lists some reasons why the debate over health insurance reform seems so unhealthy and some ways that we might ease the pain.
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Debating Pains: Taking the Temperature of Health Reform – Economix …
Truth, Lies and 'Talking Points' In The Health Care Debate …
As the health care debate has heated up, political parties are shaping their messages to influence the outcome. And, some politicians and advocacy groups are distorting or lying about what is in the legislation.
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