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Health On The Hill: CBO Chief Testifies At ‘Super Committee’ Hearing
Jackie Judd talks to KHN’s Mary Agnes Carey about the “getting down to business” atmosphere at the joint debt panel’s Capitol Hill hearing Tuesday.
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Rate Of Uninsured Stays Flat In 2010, Census Reports
Young adults, Hispanics fare better but Asians worse.
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Transcript: GOP Candidates Squabble Over Health Care During Tampa Debate
Monday night’s CNN/Tea Party Express debate among the Republican presidential candidates included discussion of Medicare, the health law, costs, the individual mandate and vaccines.
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Video: Ron Paul, Romney, Perry, Bachmann On ‘Personal’ Health Care Responsibility, Reform Law
In Monday’s Republican debate, the presidential contenders were quizzed about health costs, the individual mandate and – in one of the evening’s most controversial exchanges – moderator Wolf Blitzer asked Rep. Ron Paul a hypothetical question about who should pay for someone uninsured and in a coma. (Video courtesy CNN)
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Ex-Cons Part Of California Health Care Expansion To Childless Adults
With an early expansion of health coverage this summer, former inmates in California will be covered for preventive care, prescription drugs, specialty visits and mental health and substance abuse, including at clinics like Healthy Oakland.
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Concern Is Growing That The Elderly Get Too Many Medical Tests
Critics say there is little evidence of benefit — and considerable risk — from common screening tests for colon, breast and prostate cancer, particularly in people older than 70, especially those with other serious health problems.
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VA Experience Shows Patient ‘Rebound’ Hard To Counter
The Veterans Health Administration has long used approaches Medicare is pushing on all hospitals to cut unnecessary readmissions. But new data show VA hospital patients are just as likely to end up back in a hospital bed.
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Health Insurers Deny Coverage To Many Who Apply For Individual Policies
Data from a federal website show that denial rates routinely exceed 20 percent and often are much higher.
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Pay For U.S. Doctors Is Tops
A new study investigates why American physicians are high earners.
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