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Health Care Reform Update: Science or Rationing? by Alta Price, M.D.Health care reform proposals to encourage the scientific study of medical testing or medical treatments will help improve our health and lower costs. The anti-reform myth that comparative effectiveness research … Continue reading →

Health Care Reform Update: Success in the House! By Alta Price, M.D.Saturday the House of Representatives passed an excellent health care reform bill. There are so many good things about this bill, I couldn’t begin to cover them all. I … Continue reading →

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Health Care Reform Update: It’s Time to Deliver by Alta Price, M.D.Today, Tuesday, October 20, is a national Congressional call in day for health care reform, with Organizing for America (OFA) as the lead organizer. Call your members of Congress … Continue reading →

Health Care Reform Update: A Word of Encouragement on the Public Option by Alta Price, M.D. One of the most frequent requests I get from friends and family is to reassure them that a good health care reform bill will … Continue reading →

Health Care Reform Update: Medicare Reform – Rationality versus Rationing by Alta Price, M.D.The private insurance industry and their supporters, like our own Senator Chuck “pull the plug on grandma” Grassley, are doing their best to scare the elderly into … Continue reading →

Health Care Reform Update: Blue Dogs Do Some Things Right by Alta Price, M.D.As health care reform bills move through Congress over the next few weeks, different factions will negotiate changes to make the bill more beneficial to their constituents, … Continue reading →

Health Care Reform Update: Saving Money on Health Care by Changing Our Diet by Alta Price, M.D.This fascinating opinion piece from the New York Times, “Big Food vs. Big Insurance”, suggests that requiring health insurers to take all comers, regardless … Continue reading →

Normal 0 MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 st1:*{behavior:url(#ieooui) } /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:”Table Normal”; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-parent:””; mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0in; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:10.0pt; font-family:”Times New Roman”;} Health Care Reform Update: Right Wing Arguments Against Health Care Reform by Alta … Continue reading →