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2013/06/18 14:16
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Facebook organ donor option leads to surge in reg...
Toni Lewis-Bennett remembers hesitating when she was asked to be an organ donor while applying for her driver’s license. But years later, when a friend at work became sick, she got tested to see if...
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2013/06/14 14:24
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Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer pushes through Obama's Me...
The issue had inflamed passions and divided the Legislature for weeks. Things came to a head Tuesday when Brewer called lawmakers into the Capitol in Phoenix for a surprise special session. Brewer —...
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2013/06/13 06:43
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Undocumented workers unable to get proper care
NORMAN — When they’re ill, they borrow medicine from relatives or get discounted prescriptions from a community health center. If they’re hurting from an ear infection, back sprain or other painful...
CONGRESS Oklahoma City Pew Research Center Mary Fallin Charles Bryant
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2013/06/12 11:49
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NYC's Answer To Proton Therapy Controversy: One F...
During the recent debate in Washington, D.C. over whether to let to local competing hospital systems build rival proton therapy centers, an interesting question was raised: Why not work together? "I...
New York City Washington D.C. Montefiore Medical Center One hospital NEW YORK
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2013/06/12 07:08
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Hospitals attempt to address patient noise compla...
Facing potential financial penalties from Medicare, more hospitals are changing decades-old practices that contribute to the din. Some are replacing overhead staff paging systems with wireless...
Medicare Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation Kaiser Family Foundation
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2013/06/11 12:49
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Study: Brand Name Drugs Drive Up Medicare Spending
A new study suggests that cash-strapped Medicare missed an opportunity to save more than $1 billion by not addressing the varying costs and use of prescription drugs. Comparing Medicare enrollees and...
Medicare U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs University of Pittsburgh University of Pittsburgh Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
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2013/06/11 07:08
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Medical bills higher for African Americans
For many years, high medical bills have been a leading cause of financial distress and bankruptcy in America. That pressure may be easing ever so slightly, according to a survey released earlier this...
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2013/06/10 15:15
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Doctor goes viral online, aims to fix health care...
Tens of thousands of people have been treated by ZDoggMD – at least to a few laughs. Using satire, rap and sometimes, a Michael Jackson glove, hospitalist Dr. Zubin Damania takes his alter ego,...
Las Vegas Tony Hsieh Stanford YouTube Washington
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2013/06/07 09:09
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Feds step up Medicare anti-fraud efforts
The government has revoked the ability of 14,663 providers and suppliers to bill Medicare over the past two years -; almost two and a half times the number that had been revoked in the previous two...
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2013/06/06 20:49
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Study: Consumers Saved $2.1B On Individual Covera...
People who bought their own health insurance last year saved $2.1 billion because of the federal health law, mainly because of a provision that limits how much of their premium can go to insurers’...
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2013/06/05 14:49
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Advocacy Group Seeks To Force Employers To Give P...
Employer health plans routinely cover pregnancy costs for workers and their spouses—but not necessarily daughters. According to a handful of new complaints filed with the federal government, that's...
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2013/06/05 13:53
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Q&A: 'Will my family be eligible for subsidized c...
Some consumer advocates argued that the 9.5 percent test should also apply to the cost of family coverage, which is generally much more expensive than employee-only coverage. But in a final rule...
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2013/06/05 13:15
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GOP lawmakers press Sebelius to help child awaiti...
A child in desperate need of a lung transplant clinging to life. Long waiting lists of patients who need organs and too few donors to meet the demand. Rules that govern who gets what life-saving...
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Sarah Murnaghan Kathleen Sebelius Philadelphia Children's Hospital of Philadelphia Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
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2013/06/04 13:09
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Private companies get mixed marks on managed Medi...
For-profit companies paid billions of taxpayer dollars to coordinate medical care for poor children and pregnant women on Medicaid excel at paperwork but fall short when it comes to improving the...
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2013/06/04 10:51
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NATIONAL STORIES: Hundreds of people were being evacuated from their homes in Missouri after a levee was breached Monday night. Officials in St. Charles County near St. Louis activated warning sirens...
2013/06/04 00:49
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California Law Likely Resulted In Lower Bills, Fr...
A California law limiting how much hospitals can charge the uninsured likely resulted in lower bills for many patients and free care for most of the state’s poorest uninsured residents, according to a...
Medicare University of Southern California University of Southern California Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
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2013/06/04 00:49
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Miss. To Require Cord Blood Testing On Babies Bor...
Mississippi lawmakers have embarked on a novel campaign to discourage older men from having sex with teenagers: Starting July 1 doctors and midwives will be required to take umbilical cord blood...
Phil Bryant Jim Hood Andy Gipson Women's Fund of Mississippi State Medical Association
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2013/06/03 20:49
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Medicare Data Show Wide Divide In What Hospitals ...
Medicare released average bill charges for 30 hospital outpatient procedures Monday, showing big differences from hospital to hospital in how much they bill patients for the same service. The value...
2013/06/03 14:15
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Medical bills weigh on Boston marathon survivor a...
Marc Fucarile reached a huge milestone this week: He was one of the last two Boston Marathon survivors to be released from the hospital. Fucarile spent 45 days in Massachusetts General Hospital, and...
2013/06/02 03:17
2013/06/02 03:17
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Outlook changing for PSA screening
For nearly a quarter-century, doctors have ordered annual PSA tests for men of a certain age to screen for prostate cancer, despite a lack of evidence that its benefits outweigh the risks — especially...
U.S. Preventive Services Task Force Kenny Lin American Urological Association Mark Humphrey the American College
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