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Lost translation - In Alaska, neglecting to provide interpreters for non-English speaking Medicaid patients means some ...Thursday, September 9, 2010 @ 12:11AMImagine: You’re going into an operation with a significant chance of not returning to the waking world. You hardly understand the idea of cancer, let alone how doctors fix it. All you know is that it hurts. The medical staff tells you that to save your life you have to go in to surgery, but the details are fuzzy. They are going to cut what? Slice where? Take what out? Before long you’re on the ...

Metrolink damagesWednesday, September 8, 2010 @ 11:22AMOur "do-gooder lawmakers" want to remove the cap on Metrolink damages so that those who were the unfortunate victims of negligence receive fair and reasonable compensation for their damages.

Why is health care so expensive?Wednesday, September 8, 2010 @ 9:44AMHealth care costs more in the United States than anywhere else on earth. It’s not even close. We spend almost twice as much as the average of developed countries, and almost forty percent more than the second most costly country, which is France. This would make sense, if we were healthier as a result. Unfortunately, we are not. We get chronic diseases at least as often as citizens of other ...

Defensive medicine costs $55BWednesday, September 8, 2010 @ 4:18AMMedical malpractice and guarding against lawsuits cost the U.S. about $55 billion annually, or less than 3 percent of the total health care bill, according to Harvard University's Atul Gawande and co-authors.

Community health centers to gain patients under health care reformTuesday, September 7, 2010 @ 9:38AMNew Highlandtown Healthy Living Center serves disadvantaged The lobby of the new Highlandtown Healthy Living Center is busy these days, with many seats filled. But once national health care reform is fully under way, the waiting area at this community health center — and others like it around the nation — is likely to be standing room only.

U.S. House candidates detail their health care differencesTuesday, September 7, 2010 @ 5:07AMWASHINGTON - It's been several months since Congress enacted a sweeping health care law, but it remains a contentious issue in the widely watched race for South Dakota's House seat. Republican challenger Kristi Noem is calling for repeal of the landmark law, an expansion of government-run health care that will cover millions of uninsured Americans but whose cost and scope is unpopular in many ...

Health Care Wastefulness Is Detailed in StudiesMonday, September 6, 2010 @ 11:43PMA heavy reliance on emergency rooms care is seen as an indicator of weaknesses in the primary health care system that could become more critical under the new health care law.

Malpractice liability costs U.S. $55.6 billion: studyMonday, September 6, 2010 @ 11:37PMWASHINGTON (Reuters) - Medical malpractice liability costs the U.S. healthcare system more than $55 billion a year, most of it in "defensive" medical practices such as extra tests and scans, according to a report released on Tuesday.

New Highlandtown Healthy Living Center serves disadvantagedSaturday, September 4, 2010 @ 9:55PMNew Highlandtown Healthy Living Center serves disadvantaged The lobby of the new Highlandtown Healthy Living Center is busy these days, with many seats filled. But once national health care reform is fully under way, the waiting area at this community health center — and others like it around the nation — is likely to be standing room only.