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Myth Busters #9: Hysteria Over the Uninsured

After years of trying to do something about health care costs, especially…

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On My Mind

As recently as the 1950s, Whitaker contends, the four major mental disorders—depression,…

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Making Sense of Health Care Prices

Take a look at the chart below. It shows representative prices for…

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Why There Is Stalemate in Washington

My favorite study (pdf) in this space was by Yale’s Geoffrey Cohen.…

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The Downside of Japanese Health Care

atients can nearly always see a doctor within a day. But they…

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Designer Therapy Cures Cancer. Can We Afford It?

A year ago, when chemotherapy stopped working against his leukemia, William Ludwig signed up…

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Are Seniors Getting Too Many Tests?

Every year like clockwork, Anna Peterson has a mammogram. Peterson, who will…

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Antibiotics’ Scary Future

“What people might not know about resistance,” says Eric Utt, a former…

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Company Helps Patients Become Smart Buyers

Compass will search for the least expensive hospital or facility for a…

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All Our Problems in One Graph

This is Sarah Kliff, writing at Ezra Klein’s blog: This is Sarah…

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