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Smarter Healthcare: Let's Pay Doctors to Keep People Healthy

Dr. Paul Grundy | Posted 04.22.2012

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Dr. Paul Grundy

As a medical doctor, I'm concerned about many aspects of the changes taking place in heath care.

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Healthcare Costs Double In Less Than A Decade

The Huffington Post | Maxwell Strachan | Posted 07.16.2011

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U.S. healthcare is so expensive that records are broken even when cost increases slow. According to a new report by Milliman, a global consulting ...

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US Health Care Reform: As Seen From the Trenches: Part 3 of a 6-Part Series

S.I. Adam, M.D. | Posted 05.25.2011

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S.I. Adam, M.D.

The obesity epidemic is putting ever-increasing strain on the U.S. health care system. The United States leads the world in obesity, thus qualifying our population as the world's unhealthiest.

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US Health Care Reform, As Seen From the Trenches

S.I. Adam, M.D. | Posted 05.25.2011

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S.I. Adam, M.D.

When the health care reform bill was passed, the key elements to creating meaningful change to the U.S. health care system -- physicians and nurses -- were overlooked.

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4 Human Beliefs That Enable Harmful Health Policies

Alison Rose Levy | Posted 05.25.2011

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Alison Rose Levy

Why do we praise healthy food, but never get around to calling our Congressman to let him know our wishes for the Food Safety bill?

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Putting Prevention into Practice in Health Care Reform

Susan Blumenthal, M.D. | Posted 11.17.2011

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Susan Blumenthal, M.D.

Today, preventable risk factors including smoking, poor diet, lack of physical activity, and alcohol use account for approximately 38% of all deaths in the United States.

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Health Care and Its Reform: A Right vs. A Service?

Miles J. Zaremski | Posted 05.25.2011

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Miles J. Zaremski

President Obama should declare health care a service for all Americans rather than a right.

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US Flunks Healthcare Test...Again

ABC News | Posted 11.17.2011

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The United States fails on most measures of health care quality, with Americans waiting longer to see doctors and more likely to die of preventable or...

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