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Are U.S. Doctors Paid Too Much?

The average annual income for a primary-care doctor surpasses $186,000. U.S. orthopedic…

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Why Are There Disparities In Health Care? Because It’s Free.

The latest issue of Health Affairs is devoted to racial and ethnic…

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How Pay-For-Performance Can Backfire

From Health Affairs by Aaron Carroll: From Health Affairs by Aaron Carroll:…

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Myth Busters #11: Mandated Benefits

As I said in my last “Myth Busters” post, the health policy…

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The Long and the Short of It: You Shrink as You Get Older

It’s not uncommon to shrink by a quarter to a third of…

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Medicare Prescription Drug Abuse

    Over the course of a year, the woman received prescriptions…

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Thank U.S. Health Care for the Life of Steve Jobs

On the very day that Steve Jobs died a new report suggests…

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FDA: Hazardous to Your Health

When people age, the main valve carrying blood out of the heart…

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A Night in the ER

This is the county’s safety net hospital, the place where the ill…

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Headlines I Wish I Hadn’t Seen

Transgender sex changes proposed for New York Medicaid. Transgender sex changes proposed…

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