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Smoking penalty: Individual health care coverage could become unaffordable for many people…
Can States Agree on Insurance Exchanges?
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The Billion Dollar Healthcare IT Opportunity That the US Government Wasted
I had a very interesting conversation with a physician who is the…
Empowering Healthcare Improvement with the Community Needs Assessment
With President Obama’s second inaugural speech calling for a reduction in rising…
The Cost of Diagnosis: The Sometimes Fatal “Incidentaloma”
I can remember making rounds with a seasoned surgical attending in…
Medicaid Cost-Sharing Disaster Looms Ahead
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A Double Whammy for Smokers: An ObamaCare Tax
The Affordable Care Act…allows health insurers to charge smokers buying individual policies…
Looming PR Challenge: When Physicians’ Pay Links to Quality of Care
The redesign of the nation’s healthcare delivery system is setting up for…