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Medical Students May Already Be Biased Against Obese Patients
The latest study suggests that the one-third of Americans who are obese they may not be getting the proper health care they need -- because their doctors are...
The Daily Show Features Gov’t Probe in Response to TIME Health Care Exposé
Jon Stewart responds to the government investigation into outrageous pricing in the U.S. health care system launched in the wake of Steve Brill's special exposé...
Groundhog Day in the House: A Gift to Republican Freshmen, and Possibly Democrats Too
It was the 37th time since taking control in 2011 that House Republicans have voted to repeal or defund all or parts of the President's signature legislative...
Morning Must Reads: May 17
In the news: IRS, Syria, House Republicans, Sen. Menendez, and Michele Bachmann
Huge Drug Cost Disparities Seen in Health Overhaul
(WASHINGTON) -- Cancer patients could face high costs for medications under President Barack Obama's health care law, industry analysts and advocates warn. ...
10 Questions for Paul Farmer
Your new book To Repair the World includes some of your commencement speeches. Are you ever tempted to tell graduates, "I could have saved thousands of lives...
Morning Must Reads: May 14
In the news: the IRS, Benghazi, Obamacare, Angelina Jolie, the US drone economy, and "Bitter Pill"
Obama Wades Back into the Health Care Debate
(WASHINGTON) -- President Barack Obama is launching a new effort to rally the public around his hotly disputed health care law, a strategy aimed at shoring up...
New Obamacare Application Form
Here are the new Obamacare application forms
Obamacare Progress
A few weeks ago, I gave the President a tough time about the slow and messy implementation of his health care plan. But there's been some progress in recent...
5 Things the Oregon Medicaid Study Tells Us About American Health Care
Among all the criticisms of President Obama's health reform law, the most salient may be that the Affordable Care Act focuses on access to insurance at the...
Morning Must Reads: May 6
In the news: Syria, Medicaid, background checks, the Tea Party troika, and Game of Thrones and Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Exclusive: White House to Streamline Obamacare Application
The Obama Administration has announced new application forms for the Obamacare health care exchanges set to drop next year
Morning Must Reads: April 25
In the news: CIA and the Boston bomber, Max Baucus, Obamacare exemptions for Congress, austerity vs. stimulus, and Bush 43
Diagnostic Errors Are the Most Common Type of Medical Mistake
Missed diagnoses out-ranked medication overdoses and surgical mistakes in causing the most patient harm.
Montana Democrat Baucus Rules Out 7th Senate term
WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus of Montana announced plans Tuesday to retire at the end of his term after a career of enormous...
Doctors Go Shopping: Price Comparisons Lead MDs to Lower Testing Costs
It's a basic tenet of smart shopping -- compare prices so you can find the best deal. Doctors, however, are often in the dark about what medical tests cost. In...
Officials: Attacks Across Afghanistan Kill 19
(KABUL, Afghanistan) — Afghan officials say the latest attacks across the country have killed at least 19 people, including police officers and health care...
More Brill, More Obamacare Incompetence
Steve Brill, who wrote Time's Bitter Pill cover story last month, has a follow-up in his Reuters column about Obamacare's inability to implement the rules it has...
