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Medical Policy

Using Data to Predict Your Future Health

Cynthia Rudin | Posted 10.01.2012 | Politics
Read More: Medical Policy, Preventative Medicine, Hierarchical Association Rule Model, Politics News
Cynthia Rudin

Have you ever gone on a trip and unexpectedly found yourself in need of medical care? What if your condition could have been predicted? Better yet, what if you already had the medicine needed to treat that condition in your luggage?

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Insatiable Health Care Appetite Trumps Cost Cap Efforts

Jim Jaffe | Posted 05.25.2011 | Business
Read More: Medical Policy, Obama Health Plan, Health Reform, Health, National Health Reform, Health Care, Business News
Jim Jaffe

Health spending gobbles up a growing percentage of our GDP (16.2% in 2007) because total spending on care rose by 6.1% as increases in volume far outpaced price hikes.

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W's Parting Gifts to Women

Martha Burk | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Read More: George Bush, Abortion, Women's Rights, Co-Pays, Rape Kits, Reproductive Rights, Abortion Rights, Family and Medical Leave Laws, George W. Bush, Fmla, Health Care Policy, Pro-Life, Health Insurance, Raising Co-Pays, Sexual Assault, Emergency Contraception, Bush Administration, Holiday Spirit, Bush Last Minute Rules, Outgoing President, Medical Policy, President Bush, Pro-Choice, Politics News
Martha Burk

It's not new that outgoing Presidents try to change national policy at the last minute through rule changes. But W is set to set a record.

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