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As of today, Heathcare.gov is open for business. Almost. The Obama administration announced that patients can begin Monday to shop and compare costs for health ...
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Drug, Medical Device Firms Paid $3.5B to Doctors
By RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR and JACK GILLUM, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — From research grants to travel junkets, drug and medical device companies paid doctors and leading ...
Read More »Frustrated AMA Pitches New Plan for Use of Electronic Medical Records
By Roni Caryn Rabin Saying that electronic health records distract doctors, take time away from care and make physicians less productive, an influential doctors’ group called ...
Read More »AMA Wants Obama To Let Private Doctors Treat Vets
The American Medical Association (AMA) voted Tuesday to ask President Obama to provide timely access to entitled care for eligible veterans utilizing the health care ...
Read More »The White House Battle of Doctors vs. Guns
By Alan Lyndon It appears as though guns will prove to be more powerful than the President of the United States in the battle for ...
Read More »Obama vs. O’Reilly More Competitive Than Super Bowl (VIDEO)
As it turned out, the Obama/O’Reilly showdown was more competitive than the Super Bowl. President Obama sat down with Bill O’Reilly for a pre-Super Bowl ...
Read More »Doctor: It’s time for a serious conversation about preventing gun violence
By Jeffrey Cain, MD The recent tragedies in Colorado and Connecticut highlight the need for focused attention on the all-too-often unacknowledged public health concern of ...
Read More »Children, Young Adults Focus Of Mental Health In Obama’s Gun Plan
By Sarah Varney Kaiser Health News If the National Rifle Association’s plan to curb violence is, in part, arming school employees with guns, President Barack Obama ...
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