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Mar 26 2012

Wall Street Journal

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Weight-loss surgery proved far more effective than medication in controlling blood sugar among obese patients in two new studies, strengthening the case that the stomach-shrinking procedures should be considered an important treatment option for Type 2 diabetes.

Mar 26 2012

NPR.org

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Reading Between The Lines Of Monday’s Supreme Court Arguments

Mar 26 2012

Kaiser Health News

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Free health clinics have long been places people turn to when they don’t have health insurance or money to pay for care. But the health law’s expansion of coverage puts free clinics in uncharted territory.

Mar 26 2012

Local Health System Performance Report

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A new report from the Commonwealth Fund tracks performance of local health care systems across the United States, finding as much as a two to three times variation across the…

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Mar 25 2012

2012 Potpourri X

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Spring is in the air but take a few minutes to refresh with our latest Potpourri, which includes the Congressional Budget Office's latest health reform projections, ER use by those…

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Mar 22 2012

Wall Street Journal

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Congress’s reliance on the Commerce Clause to support the individual mandate was politically expedient but constitutionally deficient.

Mar 22 2012

Bloomberg

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Small Businesses Confused by Costs Waver on Health Coverage

Mar 22 2012

HealthLeaders Media

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Most hospitals are well equipped to serve non-English speaking patients, from employing certified translators to stocking multilingual health flyers in information racks. But few are just as able to communicate with those same patients online.

Mar 22 2012

Bloomberg

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A nursing shortage in the U.S. that led to a decade-long push for new hires and more graduates in the field is over, at least until 2020 when a glut of retirees will leave a new gap to fill, researchers said.

Mar 22 2012

Bloomberg

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The U.K. is about to pass into law a National Health Service overhaul. The country’s state-run health service, long derided for its inefficiencies, will require general practitioners to watch costs and show results under a bill awaiting Queen Elizabeth II’s signature to become law.

Mar 22 2012

Wall Street Journal

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If the law survives the Supreme Court and Republican repeal efforts, its impact turns on “four big bets”

Mar 22 2012

Fiscal Times

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Not a single one of the 16 health-care companies in the Standard & Poor’s 500-stock index that issued guidance on their first-quarter results took an optimistic perspective.

Mar 22 2012

PWC.com

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PWC: The future of academic medical centers: Strategies to avoid a margin meltdown

Mar 22 2012

Medical Home Research

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A review article in the American Journal of Managed Care summarizes the evidence to date on medical homes. The results look modestly promising, with evidence of improving quality of care,…

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Mar 21 2012

Wall Street Journal

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Thomson Reuters Corp.is in talks to sell its health-care business in coming days, reactivating an effort it suspended late last year citing volatile market conditions