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How Many Melanoma Patients Did the FDA Kill?
By my estimate, more than 1,000 people have died prematurely because of…
Are There Differences in Medicare Spending Across States?
Research by the Dartmouth Atlas team has indicated that Medicare spending is…
Is Medicaid Real Insurance?
As governors across the land pepper the federal government with requests to…
Supreme Court Hands Vaccine Makers a Big Win
Vaccine makers won a big victory last week when the Supreme Court…
Insurance Coverage Denials: Private versus Public
The people behind the coming denials: The people behind the coming denials:…
Osteoarthritis and Obesity Can Shave 3.5 Years of Healthy Life
Harvard Medical School conducted a study that showed that close to…
How Increasing Medicare Age of Eligibility Saves Under Reform
One of the stopgaps in federal spending on healthcare proposed by the…
What are QIOs?
According to the CMS website, Quality Improvement Organizations (QIOs) are private, mostly…
Spreading the Health Care Cost Pain to the Elderly
Medicare is the ever-growing elephant dragging the country under, so I’m pleased…
Cost of Injection Jumps from $15 to $1,500
The following is from an AP story. See also Merrill Goozner’s comments…
