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Gains in Health System Seen as Lasting by Some PDF Print E-mail
Wednesday, 23 May 2012 13:18

By Robert Pear, New York Times

WASHINGTON — The new health care law is already transforming the way care is delivered, and the changes will continue regardless of how the Supreme Court rules on the mandate for most Americans to carry health insurance, a Democratic senator and an Obama administration official said Tuesday.

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Gains in Health System Seen as Lasting by Some PDF Print E-mail
Wednesday, 23 May 2012 13:18

By Robert Pear, New York Times

WASHINGTON — The new health care law is already transforming the way care is delivered, and the changes will continue regardless of how the Supreme Court rules on the mandate for most Americans to carry health insurance, a Democratic senator and an Obama administration official said Tuesday.

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Data trove may shed light on health-care uncertainties PDF Print E-mail
Monday, 21 May 2012 13:20

By N.C. Aizenman, Washington Post

How much do hospitals and doctors actually charge insurers for their services? How much and which of those services are privately-insured patients using? And, most significantly, what drives changes in health-care use, costs, and total spending?

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Romney Medicare Plan Draws a Stark Contrast PDF Print E-mail
Tuesday, 15 May 2012 13:27

By Robert Pear, New York TImes

WASHINGTON — President Obama and Mitt Romney agree on one thing about Medicare: the differences between them are huge. Each man says his opponent’s policies would end Medicare as it now exists, undermining the rock-solid guarantee of health care for older Americans.

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Unintended Consequence for Dialysis Patients as Drug Rule Changes PDF Print E-mail
Friday, 11 May 2012 13:34

By Kevin Sack, New York Times

A shift last year by the federal government in how it pays for drugs to treat dialysis patients may have had an unintended and potentially dire consequence, according to new research: a significant jump in blood transfusions for patients who now may not be getting enough of the medications.

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