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Where Does Health Care Fit in Herman Cain’s 9-9-9 Plan?
Now that Herman Cain sits atop at least some GOP presidential polls,…
How Exercise Can Help Those Who Are Terminally Ill
EXCLUSIVE POST - EXCLUSIVE POST - Mesothelioma, lupus, and hepatitis are all…
Life Expectancy Paradox Explained by Smoking
People with greater income or formal education tend to live longer and…
Medicare Cost Rise Eats Up Part of Social Security Inflation Adjustment
Social Security recipients are likely to get a cost of living allowance…
Do Specialists Have to Meet All Meaningful Use Objectives?
Jim Tate, Meaningful Use Expert Number One Question from Specialists about Meaningful…
Primary Care Physicians Can Greatly Reduce The Costs Of Care, Especially For Chronic Diseases
In an earlier post I described the problem of excessive and inappropriate…
Global Handwashing Day: Support Global Handwashing
I have always been interested in the power of preventions rather than…
Why Are There Disparities In Health Care? Because It’s Free.
The latest issue of Health Affairs is devoted to racial and ethnic…
How Pay-For-Performance Can Backfire
From Health Affairs by Aaron Carroll: From Health Affairs by Aaron Carroll:…
Hoping for a Huntsman Surge –at Least to Up the Quality of the GOP HealthCare Debate
I’ll concede right upfront that I’m one of those Massachusetts liberals certain…
