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Miss. Governor Adds Medicaid Reform to 2012 Agenda
Is Miss. Gov. Haley Barbour’s (R-MS) assault on Medicaid in his state…
How the AMA Has Undermined Primary Care
While, in other developed nations, 70-80 percent of all physicians are generalists…
Dog Versus Treadmill: No Contest
A dog-loving colleague pointed me to Forget the Treadmill. Get a Dog…
How To Help Japan: Earthquake Relief Options
On March 11, 2011, a huge 8.9 earthquake and subsequent tsunami hit…
Two Sisters Captured For Medicare Fraud
Their crimes go back to Detroit for the tune of around $4…
Fear of Nuclear Accidents Worse than the Accidents Themselves
This is Rob Stein in The Washington Post, via Robin Hanson: Although…
Race and Sex Matter
What’s interesting about this one is how consistent the racial differences…
Japan’s Nuclear Fallout: The Health Impact
The before-and-after pictures of the tsunami in Japan are heart-wrenching. And things…
What Mental Health Parity Has Wrought
Psychiatrists now practice like primary care physicians: short meetings and a prescription…
Insurer Has E-Security Problem
For all of the enthusiasm of President Obama’s digital initiatives within the…