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Science advocates take to D.C. streets in March for Science
WASHINGTON – Doctors, scientists, and advocates came together to demonstarte against the Trump administration’s proposed cuts to science agencies...
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VIDEO: Geeks brave rain to March for Science
WASHINGTON – Peaceful demostrators in hundreds of cities around the globe gathered on Earth Day, April 22, to back evidence-based policies and...
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EHR price alert doesn’t reduce lab orders
There are better ways to meet the goals of price transparency.
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As some holdout states revisit Medicaid expansion, new data show it pays off
Although the GOP-controlled Congress is pledging its continued interest – despite stalls and snags – in dismantling Obamacare, some “red state”...
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Medicaid reform: Work-based waivers may not fly
High mandatory premiums, cost sharing, lifetime limits, drug testing move Medicaid from a health care program to a work program, advocates argue...
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CMS market stabilization efforts useless without subsidies
President Trump has threatened to withhold insurer subsidies in an effort to bring Congressional Democrats to the health care negotiation table....
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Senate committee moves Gorsuch nomination forward
The Senate Committee on the Judiciary approved Judge Gorsuch’s nomination by a 11-9 vote.
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What do doctors want from health reform?
With no apparent “repeal and replace” legislation on the table, analysts say the landscape is ripe for repairs to the Affordable Care Act. Doctors...
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Shelving of AHCA a win for patients, experts say
The decision by House Republicans to withdraw the American Health Care Act was a victory for all Americans, especially older, sicker, and poorer...
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Anthony Fauci faces the ‘perpetual challenge’ of emerging infections
SAN DIEGO – NIAID Director Anthony S. Fauci, MD, can say one thing for certain: Emerging and re-emerging infectious diseases in the United States...
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Moving or starting a practice? Consider Iowa
The Midwest and West did well in a ranking of the best states to practice medicine. New England and the Mid-Atlantic? Not so much.