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Universal Health Care Doesn't Mean We're Entitled to All the Health Care in the Universe

Russ Wellen | Posted 03.31.2008 | Politics


Russ Wellen

Who doesn't want health insurance? A few 20-somethings too blinded by their partying to picture the illnesses they're courting? For many others, the heart is willing, but the pocketbook is weak.

Big Tobacco & An NIH-Funded Cancer Screening Study

Merrill Goozner | Posted 10.08.2007 | Politics


Merrill Goozner

The NIH insists the trial is well-designed. But when it comes to conflicts of interest, appearances matter. The expenditure of $200 million in taxpayer money should have resulted in a definitive answer.