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Updated detailed, nonpartisan analysis of John McCain’s health reform plan
Posted 1 day, 1 hour ago on The Health Care Blog
By Robert Laszewski John McCain is now the presumptive Republican nominee for president. As a result, what he thinks about health care policy...

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Doubtful McCain’s health plan would accomplish any real cost savings
Posted 1 day, 1 hour ago on The Health Care Blog
By Robert Laszewski John McCain is now the presumptive Republican nominee for president. As a result, what he thinks about health care policy...

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Century Foundation launches group to study Medicare reform
Posted 1 day, 3 hours ago on The Health Care Blog
By THCB Staff The Century Foundation announced today the creation of a working group to create a blueprint for Medicare reform. Maggie Mahar,...

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Skin Care Myths: More is Better
Posted 1 day, 6 hours ago on Health Blog
In the case of skin care products, you CAN have too much of a good thing. It's time to bust a few myths about how much product you need! ...

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CCR Symposium: Current and Future Uses for Health Data Exchange
Posted 1 day, 6 hours ago on The Health Care Blog
Adam Bosworth, former VP of Google Health and CEO of his new start-up, Keas, Inc., will make a major announcement at a symposium next month called...

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Mega Life parent “hurt a lot of people”
Posted 1 day, 6 hours ago on The Health Care Blog
By Matthew Holt Is this what Blackstone, Credit Suisse & Goldman Sachs want said about their investment? "The severity of their actions certainly...

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Grand rounds is up
Posted 1 day, 12 hours ago on Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog
GruntDoc hosts the 200th edition. Go and read the weekly best of the medical blogosphere. ...

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Taking on the single-payer zealots
Posted 1 day, 12 hours ago on Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog
Ezra Klein tries to instill some political reality while participating in a health reform panel.I think the dogmatic inflexibility of these "single-p...

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Health Systems’ Ferocious Challenges
Posted 1 day, 14 hours ago on The Health Care Blog
By Brian Klepper Lately, I've had interesting discussions with a thoughtful exec. at a major Western health system about the ferocious challenges...

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Using professional societies to advance participatory medicine
Posted 1 day, 14 hours ago on The Health Care Blog
By Daniel Hoch Dan Hoch is a neurologist based at Massachusetts General Hospital and an assistant professor at Harvard Medical School. An early...

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