Medicine & Policy

By Lucy J. Cairns, MD Several factors have recently converged to make passage of a medical marijuana law in Pennsylvania a distinct possibility. First, public ...

By Roni Caryn Rabin One California hospital charged $10 for a blood cholesterol test, while another hospital that ran the same test charged $10,169 — ...

By Michelle Andrews Medicare beneficiaries may get speedier coverage for a newly approved screening test for colorectal cancer under a pilot project in which two federal agencies ...

By Alan Lyndon The VA is aggressively hiring physicians and significantly increasing referrals of veterans to private docs. That’s the word from the new chief ...

By Phil Galewitz WHEELING, W.Va. – Without insurance, Pam Milliken relied for years on the free health clinic here to help manage her arthritis, high blood ...

By Brad Broker This Physicians News story can be republished for free. (See details) Now that Congress has passed a $17 billion bill to reform ...

By Jeffrey Cohen, WNPR On a recent afternoon at his office in Hartford, Conn., Dr. Doug Gerard examines a patient complaining of joint pain. Gerard, an internist, ...

By Brad Broker This Physicians News story can be republished for free. (See details) On the eve of its summer recess, Congress passed the $17 ...

By Julie Rovner An expert panel recommended Tuesday completely overhauling the way government pays for the training of doctors, saying the current $15 billion system is ...

Physician groups are speaking out about Friday’s decision by a U.S. Court of Appeals that upholds a Florida law prohibiting doctors from speaking to their ...