Bernadine Healy, M.D.

Dr. Bernadine Healy

Dr. Bernadine Healy

Dr. Bernadine Healy is Health Editor for U.S.News & World Report and writes the On Health column. She is a member of the President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology and has served as director of the National Institutes of Health and president and CEO of the American Red Cross.

Read Dr. Healy's blog, Heart to Heart, where she covers matters close to her heart, including cardiovascular disease and other important aspects of personal health and health policy.

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Articles by Healy, Bernadine, M.D.

9 Things in the Health Bill We Should Now Reconsider

January 22, 2010

Before a health-reform bill passes, voters need to take a close look at what is currently being pushed.

Health - Heart to Heart

Your Gun Rights Are Safe. But What About Your Medical Secrets?

January 19, 2010

The Senate says gun owners’ rights are safe under health reform. What about the right to privacy?

Health - Bernadine Healy, M.D.

Medicare After Health Reform: Not Your Parents' Plan

January 6, 2010

Seniors, get ready for ever tighter controls on your access to medical screens and treatments.

Health - Bernadine Healy, M.D.

On Long-Term Care, Let's Listen to the Caregivers

December 22, 2009

The government CLASS proposal to help pay for it would provide expensive but skimpy benefits.

Health - Bernadine Healy, M.D.

Cancer Death Rates Are Down, but Watch Out if Breast Cancer Screening Falls Off

December 8, 2009

Under the new mammogram guidelines, some 100,000 women would be absent from the survivor ranks.

Health - Bernadine Healy, M.D.

Commentary: Health Reform, An Assault on Doctor-Patient Choice

November 22, 2009

The new mammogram guidelines offer an illustration of how the government could dictate care.

Health - Bernadine Healy, M.D.

Why Health Reform Will Be a Danger to Passive Patients

November 9, 2009

Even if Congress soon ends health insurance worries, your job as an informed patient will be key.

Health - Bernadine Healy, M.D.

The Obesity Epidemic Isn't Just About Willpower

October 14, 2009

Why tough-love policies to prod people into thinness are bound to fail.

Health - Bernadine Healy, M.D.

7 Better Ways Medicine Can Beat Back Swine Flu

September 29, 2009

Pandemic challenge: knowing what to do, when, and for whom.

Health - Bernadine Healy, M.D.

To Cut Healthcare Costs, Let's Start With the Secret Prices

September 15, 2009

When a colonoscopy ranges from $450 to $10,000, there's room for plenty of savings.

Health - Bernadine Healy, M.D.

Health Reform: Let's Lower—Not Raise—Young Adults' Premiums

August 26, 2009

Making young people buy expensive comprehensive health insurance is not the best way to proceed.

Health - Heart to Heart

Health Reform Fattens Big Insurance and Taxes the Young

August 17, 2009

A young adult now paying $500 a year for health insurance may pay closer to $4,000 after health reform.

Health

Health Reform Demands That Lawmakers Read the Bills

August 3, 2009

4 details you and your congressman need to know about health reform.

Health

Video: Challenges Obama Faces on Health Reform

July 23, 2009

A look at some of the reasons health reform is not a summer slam-dunk.

Health - Heart to Heart

Why Rush Health Reform? Let's Fix Insurance First

July 21, 2009

It may well be more prudent to make smaller changes now and build upon them.

Health - Heart to Heart

Francis Collins: Leader for the 21st Century NIH

July 9, 2009

When I recruited Collins to the NIH's genome project, little did I know he would eventually lead NIH.

Health - Heart to Heart

Uwe Reinhardt: Plain Talk on Health Reform

July 1, 2009

A prominent health economist talks about high prices, medical insurance, and rationing.

Health

Why Doctors Take Issue With Obama's Health Reform Plan

June 22, 2009

To end defensive medicine, Congress's reforms must address frivolous lawsuits and costly judgments.

Health - Heart to Heart

7 Ways Health Reform Is Going to Affect You

June 10, 2009

Congress and President Obama aim to change your healthcare radically, perhaps by summer's end.

Health - Heart to Heart

Health Reform: We Need Details, President Obama

May 26, 2009

Sweeping change is almost certainly coming, but how will it work?

Health - Heart to Heart

Swine Flu's Fall Return: 3 Steps We Must Take Now

May 12, 2009

A deadly pandemic might still happen when flu season gets underway.

Health - Heart to Heart

Health Reform, Too Tough on Hospital Readmission

May 1, 2009

Most Medicare patients who go back to the hospital are really, really sick.

Health - Heart to Heart

Swine Flu: At Level 5—and in Need of More Rapid Diagnosis

April 29, 2009

With a flu pandemic imminent, it's important to know who's actually infected.

Health - Heart to Heart

How Technology Is Changing the Medical Profession

April 22, 2009

Clinical practice guidelines, electronic medical records, and population science are revolutionary.

Education - Best Medical Schools

The Vaccines-Autism War: Détente Needed

April 14, 2009

The government has called for research on vaccine safety, and it's sorely needed.

Health - Heart to Heart

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