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One-Third of Uninsured Are Chronically Ill
Health
- August 4, 2008
And that can mean missed care, fading health, earlier death, experts say
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Medicare to Pay Bonuses for 'E-Prescribing'
Health
- July 21, 2008
Doctors can earn additional money by initiating computerized prescribing systems
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Health Buzz: Tomato Warning Lifted and Other Health News
Health
- July 18, 2008
Disease prevention programs, mental health costs, and music as medicine
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Mental Health Costs to Drop After Override of Medicare Veto
By January W. Payne -
Health
- July 17, 2008
Medicare patients' copays for psychiatric care will fall from 50% to 20% by 2014.
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U.S. Health Care Still Ill, Survey Finds
Health
- July 17, 2008
Lack of access to insurance called a primary stumbling block
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Health Buzz: Medicare Bill, and Other Health News
Health
- July 16, 2008
Less active teens, kidney stones in summertime, and Deborah Kotz on the abortion pill
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Third of Elderly Patients Take Companion to See Doctor
Health
- July 15, 2008
Study found it improved satisfaction with visit by 15% to 19%
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Scammers Use Dead Doctors to Bilk Medicare
By Luke Mullins -
The Collar
- July 9, 2008
Congressional investigation finds as much as $93 million in waste.
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Cancer Care Unaffected by Doctor Reimbursement Changes
Health
- July 8, 2008
Study says Medicare Modernization Act yet to show drop-off in access predicted by critics
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Medicare Costs for Cancer Treatment Soar
Health
- June 10, 2008
Increased expenses for chemotherapy may affect treatment decisions, expert says
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Health Buzz: Arthritis Drug Safety and Other Health News
Health
- June 5, 2008
Food safety, the health of the presidential candidates, and covering the cost of healthcare
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Health Costs After 65: Ouch, Even With Medicare
By Michelle Andrews -
On Health and Money
- June 4, 2008
A new study says you might need to pay out several hundred thousand dollars.
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A Different Way of Ranking Hospitals
By Avery Comarow -
Comarow on Quality
- May 30, 2008
Not by how well they replumb hearts or replace joints, but by how quickly patients go home.
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The Pact Between Bill Clinton and Newt Gingrich
Nation & World
- May 29, 2008
Two powerful foes secretly plot to reform Social Security and Medicare.
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Spending Doesn't Improve Patients' Perception of Care
Health
- May 27, 2008
Sense of quality higher in low-expenditure areas than in high-expenditure ones, study shows
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Black Men Less Likely to Choose Elective Stomach Aorta Surgery
Health
- May 20, 2008
White men more likely to have operation before emergency procedure is needed
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CDC Recommends Shingles Vaccine for Those Over 60
Health
- May 15, 2008
ZOSTAVAX could prevent two thirds of shingles cases, expert says
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Quality Lags at Safety-Net Hospitals
Health
- May 13, 2008
Lack of money prevents hospitals that treat the poor from improving, study finds
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Healthcare Reform, by the Commonwealth Fund
By Michelle Andrews -
On Health and Money
- May 13, 2008
Insurance for everybody, and lower premiums, too. Sounds great, but can it work?
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Hospital Charges Here and Elsewhere
Health
- May 1, 2008
Healthy Travel Media has become a clearinghouse for information about medical travel.
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Find Medicare Part D Confusing? You're Not Alone
By Michelle Andrews -
On Health and Money
- April 22, 2008
Some thoughts on how the prescription drug benefit could be improved.
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Big Sentence for Medicare Fraudster
By Luke Mullins -
The Collar
- April 3, 2008
The perpetrator of the program's largest individual fraud ever gets 10 years.
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Health Insurance Denial Compounds Grief
By Kimberly Palmer -
Alpha Consumer
- April 1, 2008
After his wife's stroke, a reader runs into payment problems.
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Home Tests for Sleep Apnea Are Coming
By Adam Voiland -
Health
- March 21, 2008
But successful treatment will still mean careful follow-up.
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