A Piecemeal Approach to Health Law in States
"The Obama administration’s surprise announcement Friday that it planned to give states broad leeway to pick the benefits offered under the federal heatlh care law offers yet another example of a gradualist approach to carrying out its signal domestic policy achievement..."
New York Times
December 20, 2011
Project Puts Records in the Patients’ Hands
"In an old “Seinfeld” episode, Elaine goes to see a dermatologist about a rash, and is left sitting on the table in the exam room, alone with her medical chart. She opens the folder and almost immediately makes a sour face..."
New York Times
January 09, 2012
Would You Like a Surgery on Your Way Out?
Things Medicare Won't Tell You
Smart Money
December 20, 2011
Osteoporosis Is Slow; Bone Density Tests Can Wait, Study Says
"Bone loss and osteoporosis develop so slowly in most women whose bones test normal at age 65 that many can safely wait as long as 15 years before having a second bone density test, researchers report in a new study. The study, published in Thursday’s issue of The New England Journal of Medicine.."
New York Times
January 18, 2012
Are the Benefits of Vitamin D Overhyped?
"Another day, and another vitamin has failed to live up to all of its hype. This time it’s vitamin D. The reality check is coming from two new research reviews published in the Annals of Internal Medicine. The reviews, which looked at hundreds..."
WebMD
December 19, 2011
Mexico Steps Up Efforts to Attract Patients from US
"Banking on worries over rising health costs, government and hospital officials in Mexico City are courting U.S. residents who are searching for affordable medical care..."
Arizona Daily Star
December 20, 2011
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