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By Ankita Rao Kaiser Health News When Brett Geranen needed an eye exam he turned to the website you might choose to find cheap Thai ...
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Doctors Give In To Patient Demands For Brand-Name Drugs
By Alvin Tran Kaiser Health News Doctors are more likely to prescribe brand-name drugs over lower-cost generics when patients request them and when physicians have ...
Read More »The Gun Lobby’s Favorite Part of Obamacare
By Jay Hancock Kaiser Health News Did you know the Affordable Care Act stands up for gun rights? The “Protection of Second Amendment Gun Rights” ...
Read More »Physician: Speak Out Against Gun Violence
By Harvey B. Lefton, MD With the senseless violence at the Sandy Hook elementary school we are once again plunged into a period of national ...
Read More »What Can Docs Do to Help Prevent Gun Violence?
By Brad Broker While President Obama Sunday evening acknowledged that no law is capable of preventing all violence, he said “that can’t be an excuse ...
Read More »When A Plan Overpays For A Service, Is A Patient Responsible For A Refund?
By Michelle Andrews Kaiser Health News It’s been more than three years since Lisa Dowden had gastric bypass surgery. As the operation has receded into her ...
Read More »How The ‘Fiscal Cliff’ Affects Health Care, Docs
By Mary Agnes Carey Kaiser Health News The impending “fiscal cliff” is a package of automatic spending cuts and tax hikes set to kick in ...
Read More »Health Plans Gear Up To Sell Directly To Consumers
By Julie Appleby Kaiser Health News As the health care overhaul moves ahead, the nation’s health insurers are scrambling to reinvent themselves, hoping to boost ...
Read More »ObamaCare: What’s Next for Cancer Caregivers?
By Deborah J. Cornwall Cancer strikes without regard to political parties. Over time, one in two men and one in three women will hear the ...
Read More »Medical Questions About Gun Ownership Come Under Scrutiny
By Michelle Andrews Kaiser Health News Should doctors be able to ask patients or patients’ parents whether they own a gun? What about health insurers, ...
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