By Merrill Goozner | May 18, 2013
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Washington is once again in the grip of scandal fever. The Benghazi e-mails; the IRS targeting of conservative groups; allegations that HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius shook down healthcare companies to promote the insurance expansion in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: The... FULL STORY »
By Merrill Goozner | May 11, 2013
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The controversy surrounding hospital pricing resurfaced last week after the CMS released hospital charges and payments for the top 100 diagnosis-related groups. FULL STORY »
Like many surgeons, my father is not big on rules. He sees surgery being as much a dance as a science, and, does not appreciate when non-physician bureaucrats weigh in on what he does. FULL STORY »
By Modern Healthcare | April 27, 2013
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“During the big healthcare fight, conservatives told older Americans that Obamacare was grabbing money from their Medicare and giving it to young people. Now they tell young workers that Medicare and Social Security are draining their take-home pay to support retirees sitting around the... FULL STORY »
By Merrill Goozner | April 20, 2013
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Once again, a senseless act of violence has upended any notion that the war on terror will someday end and a sense of normalcy will return to national life. FULL STORY »
By Merrill Goozner | April 13, 2013
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From a healthcare perspective, the release of President Barack Obama's budget last week was extremely disturbing—and not because of the new cuts it would impose on healthcare providers. FULL STORY »
By Merrill Goozner | April 06, 2013
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A study that appeared last week documented a decade-long rise in 30-day mortality rates at critical-access hospitals, most of which are rural with fewer than 25 beds. FULL STORY »
By Merrill Goozner. | March 30, 2013
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A new study predicts that people who already buy their own health insurance plans will face huge premium hikes when the exchanges created by the reform law open for business later this year. FULL STORY »
By Merrill Goozner | March 23, 2013
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The Obama administration can justifiably look back with pride at year three of its signature healthcare reform law, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. FULL STORY »
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