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By Jordan Rau Medicare’s release Wednesday of millions of records of payments made to the nation’s doctors comes as the government is looking to find more ...
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By Richard Knox Authors of the first-ever global hep-C guidelines went big Tuesday, advocating for worldwide use of two of the most expensive specialty drugs in the ...
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Read More »Obamacare ‘Here To Stay’ As Enrollment Exceeds 7 Million
By Mary Agnes Carey The Obama administration took a victory lap Tuesday as enrollment through the health law’s exchanges topped 7 million, a goal previously thought ...
Read More »What Does National Doctors’ Day Mean To You?
First observed in 1933, and formally designated in 1990 by President George H.W. Bush, National Doctors’ Day commemorates the date – March 30, 1842 – on which ...
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By Brad Broker Last Friday was Match Day and it was a great year for those medical students being placed into their residency programs of ...
Read More »Obamacare Loophole May Find Doctors Paying Their Patients’ Bills
By Roni Caryn Rabin Doctors groups fear their members won’t get paid because of an unusual 90-day grace period for government-subsidized health plans and are urging ...
Read More »Half of Americans Believe in Medical Conspiracy Theories
By Brad Broker Astronauts landing on the moon, the Holocaust, Seinfeld’s ‘magic loogie’ version of the assassination of John F. Kennedy. What do all of ...
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