February 2010 - Health Beat

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  • Providers with Clout Demand Double-Digit Increases

    In Los Angeles, insurers view Cedars Sinai Medical Center as a “must have” hospital. If a health plan doesn’t have Cedars in its network, people won’t buy the insurance plan according to a study of “Unchecked Provider Clout in California”... Read More...

  • Obama Sums Up the Summit

    The bottom line: At the end of the summit, President Obama signaled that “If it is not possible for Republicans to move in the direction of covering more than three million people, or dealing with pre-existing conditions in a realistic... Read More.....

  • Autism and the MMR: Finally a Retraction

    Are we finally ready to close the door on the much-disputed link between the MMR vaccine and autism? On January 30, Britain’s General Medical Council ruled that Andrew Wakefield, a gastroenterologist, had acted “dishonestly and irresponsibly” in conducting...

  • I’m Sorry . . .

    Someone sent me a link to this post written by Chris Dunn on “Words and Light.” It is titled: “I’m Furious,” and it begins: “I’m furious because I have to read this book: "Money-Driven Medicine" by Maggie Mahar Photo by... Read More...

  • Say it isn’t so.

    The New York Times’ David M. Herszenhorn reports that, “If Democrats break down their major health care legislation into components that could be approved separately, the first bill up for consideration could be a proposal to end the exemption from.....
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