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Facility Fees for Hospital-Owned Physician Offices: A Nasty Surprise for Patients

When hospitals purchase free-standing physician offices they often convert them into outpatient…

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Waking Up? GOP Governors Want to Talk to Obama About Health Reform

Republican Governors had been busy talking at –rather than with– the Administration…

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HealthPocket: The Kayak of Health Insurance

The audio for this podcast can be accessed here.David Williams: This is…

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Why Massachusetts Can Afford Universal Health Insurance

Health insurance in Massachusetts is more expensive than anywhere else in the…

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Tobacco Settlement as Addictive as Tobacco Itself?

Remember when the states settled liability claims with the tobacco industry for…

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Raising Medicare Age to 67: Not a Great Idea

House Republicans are suggesting raising the age of Medicare eligibility from 65 to 67…

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Reducing Surgical Complications: How to Make it Happen Faster

Hospitals don’t try as hard as they should to reduce surgical complications…

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Health Insurance is Expensive; I’m Glad Folks are Finally Learning the Truth

Bloomberg (Unaffordable Cost Seen for Some Under Affordable Care Act) highlights the…

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Big Brother Meets Big Data and Likes What He Sees

Heart Gadgets Test Limits Of Privacy Laws on Health offers a provocative…

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Deval Patrick’s Wisdom (and lack thereof) on Health Reform

Governor Deval Patrick is rightly proud of the progress Massachusetts has made…

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