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Medical Device Tax Costs 1,000 Jobs
In a cost cutting move, medical device-maker Stryker Corporation recently announced plans…
Consumers Putting Off Medical Care & Risking Health
Consumer Reports National Research Center suggests that despite people saying the recession…
Wash Your Hands? The Video is Watching
Those L.E.D. displays are very demanding — health care workers must clean…
Changing Fortunes in the Obesity Treatment Industry
With Qnexa, Contrave and Lorcaserin each recently rejuvenated after previous FDA's near-death…
Japan (Of All Places) Has a Fat Tax
This is by way of Robin Hanson, who provides further commentary: The…
Defending Tiered Health Plans
Tiered health plans cutting costs, restricting options in today’s Boston Globe raises…
Employer Health Insurance Premiums: A Stunning Graphic from Aaron Carroll
He adds this observation: He adds this observation: By 2010, more than…
There is No Such Thing as an “Unbundled” Medical Bill
Have you noticed that quite a few of my Health Alerts are…
