Congress “Solves” Medicare Cost Problem by Not Paying for Doctors - 6/22/2010 While All Eyes Are On BP, Stopping the Medicare Fraud Gusher is Crucial - 6/14/2010 ObamaCare, Tried in Greece, Leads to Bankruptcy, Rioting & Bloodshed - 6/7/2010 Illegal Immigration Healthcare Costs Affect YOU! - 6/1/2010 Health Reform by Cloward and Piven - 5/25/2010 Fraud, Waste, and Abuse - 5/17/2010 As Illegals Take, Are Americans Free? - 5/12/2010 AMA Outed in Wall Street Journal - 5/11/2010 Why I Will Not Take Medicare Money or “How Russ the Plumber got Flushed” - 5/4/2010 The Yellow Brick Road to OzbamaCare - 4/26/2010 Miracle on Page 327 - 4/21/2010 Can You and Your Doctor Thrive without Medicare and Insurance Plans? - 4/20/2010 Dividing and penalizing Americans: the Affordable Health Care for America Act (H.R. 3962) - 10/29/09 Meet the Tea Party Express! - 10/29/09 Nurses win temporary injunction against influenza vaccine; Canadians suspend seasonal flu shots; firemen refuse H1N1 vaccine - 10/21/2009 Los Angeles County Medical Society opposes H.R. 3200 - 10/20/2009 OOPS! President Obama mistakenly invites OPPONENT to stand up for him at White House today - 10/05/2009 “Max Tax” (Baucus bill) hurtling through Congress - 9/26/2009 Swine flu: pandemic or panic? - 9/12/09 Leader promises not to rest until he works miracle - 9/10/09 Obama Administration tries to mollify doctors by teleconference, accuse dissenters of spreading myths - 8/30/09 Sen. Wyden says his plan will be the one - 8/5/09 Single payer cat out of the bag! - 8/3/2009 More dangerous provisions identified in H.R. 3200, “America’s Affordable Health Choices” - 7/30/09 There are “no laudable parts” in the “health care reform” bill, say AAPS members - 7/26/09 House bill would destroy private insurance—and private medicine - 7/21/09 Deliveries available for $2,300 - 7/02/09 Pelosi rams through $0.8 trillion tax increase, calls it a “jobs bill” - 6/30/09 Where is the money for “health care reform” - 6/28/09 Kennedy bill breaks Obama’s promises - 6/22/09 Digital panacea is fiscally disastrous, clinically dangerous - 6/19/09 Kennedy plan estimated to cost $4 trillion, four times CBO estimate; legislation pushed at frantic pace - 6/17/09 Obama disses doctors; gets standing O at AMA - 6/16/09 Kennedy releases draft “health care reform” proposal - 6/10/09 Baucus proposing Hillary-redux only worse; Coburn and others propose Republican plan - 5/30/09 Suicides, psychiatric disorders, and brain injuries take heavy toll in U.S. soldiers - 5/21/09 Is it time to calm the hysteria on H1N1 “swine flu”? - 5/8/09 Ministry of Information “held harmless” by contract - 4/8/09 HHS Secretary nominee pushes HIT’s role in data mining even as new report of stolen electronic medical records surfaces- 4/2/09 Medical civil liberties threatened by rollback of Provider Conscience Clause - 3/17/09 Obama presents “gutsy” budget; Clinton begs in China; Treasury writes obituary - 3/2/09 Saving the economy by “reforming health care”: what does this mean? - 2/26/09 What does the “stimulus bill” mean for medicine? - 2/23/09 Bailout tops $8 trillion - 2/13/09 Obama’s health reforms would save only 1% of the amount promised, says Congressional Budget Office - 2/1/09 Queues cost Canadians more than $750 million in 2008; more than 30,000 seek treatment abroad - 1/22/09 AARP rakes in cash from seniors’ insurance - 1/16/09 AMA advocates mandatory insurance and a progressive health insurance tax on “rich” - 1/6/09 Women get better care in the United States than in Canada or England - 12/30/08 Doctors at “house party” deplore destructive “reform” ideas - 12/26/08 Kennedy plan called a bailout for merciless industry - 12/17/08 Massachusetts resorts to group visits with the doctor - 12/03/08 Statins touted for persons with normal cholesterol levels - 11/24/08 Universal care striking out in “laboratories of democracy” - 11/20/08 Perioperative beta blockers associated with more heart attack - 11/18/08 Psychotropic prescriptions for children soar;conflicts of interest, informed consent under scrutiny - 11/10/08 Obama promises to follow Europe’s lead on treating carbon dioxide as a pollutant;Europe may head the opposite direction - 10/31/08 Is wealth redistribution America’s future? - 10/29/08 Oratory—or hypnotic induction? - 10/25/08 Teacher suspended for posting video - 10/20/08 Which candidate’s health plan will hurt the most? - 10/17/08 Fed rolls printing presses - 10/14/08 Number of uninsured fell, but government dependency rose - 10/12/08 AAPS, Obama & socialized medicine - 10/08/08 Massive pork bill passed by unconstitutional process to "rescue" - 10/05/08 Male circumcision called a "surgical vaccine" - 9/22/08 "Never events" to be eliminated-by checklists and nonpayment - 9/16/08 Is freedom of conscience at risk? - 9/4/08 Senator Coburn under fire for delivering babies for free - 8/31/08 Judicial Watch reports on the Gardasil public health experiment - 8/25/08 Should the “dead donor” rule be rescinded? - 8/16/08 Government funding breeds conformity, says surgery professor - 8/10/08 Sex-selective abortions punished in India; coming to America - 8/4/08 Climate-change alarm supported by some medical journals—but not by the evidence - 7/31/08 Medicare veto override a triumph for single-payer advocates, Krugman writes - 7/21/08 Some good news on health financings - 7/18/08 TMB Schedules Additional Meetings - 7/7/08 States seize citizens’ property to balance their budgets - 7/3/08 Nonsmoking, persons of normal weight have highest lifetime medical costs - 7/1/08 Few out-patient physicians have access to full-function EHR systems - 6/23/08 Retirees projected to need $225,000 per couple for medical costs - 6/21/08 Sabotaging health savings accounts - 6/18/08 Texas Medical Board to host town-hall meetings - 6/9/08 Lieberman-Warner Climate Security Act costs opposed by 90% of Americans, as tax revolt spreads in Europe - 6/5/08 Doctors support national health insurance, claims press - 6/3/08 Poling case intensifies debate; vaccine-autism link worth investigating, says former NIH director - 5/24/08 32,000 scientists dissent from global-warming “consensus” - 5/20/08 National “DNA warehouse” bill passes - 4/11/08 Insurers under investigation for fraudulent reimbursement rates - 4/6/08 French judges investigate vaccine manufacturer for manslaughter - 3/20/08 Registry for egg donors proposed after young woman dies of colon cancer - 3/14/08 Vaccine compensation fund to pay award to autistic girl; broad implications feared - 3/11/08 Economic shocks straight ahead? - 3/6/08 NHS updates: Patients starve; not allowed to pay for extra care - 2/26/08 Patients and doctors reject protocol medicine - 2/23/08 Study touches off cholesterol debate - 2/12/08 REAL ID, electronic tracking spark civil liberties concerns - 2/5/08 U.S. suffers from fiscal cancer, states U.S. Comptroller David Walker - 1/23/08 New York: state-controlled hospitals, possible $50,000 malpractice surcharge on doctors - 1/19/08 Top penalty for not buying insurance to quadruple; federal mandates proposed - 1/17/08 Record for data loss set in 2007 - 1/15/08 New Jersey law makes HIV testing routine in prenatal care - 1/13/08 Top hospitals typically disregard brain-death guidelines - 1/7/08 Time to change CPR guidelines, cardiologist says - 1/5/08 New life for sale: $3 billion human egg industry booms - 1/3/08 UnitedHealth Group ex-CEO forfeits $620 million - 1/1/08 Oral contraceptives increase breast cancer risk, study shows - 12/28/07 Ron Paul’s “tea party” breaks fund-raising record Medicare fee cut threatened again; AMA to fight for balance billing - 12/21/07 Medicare changing rules for hospital payments - 12/16/07 China claims one-child policy helps to protect climate - 12/15/07 British NHS loses data; physicians to boycott database - 12/11/07 AIDS statistics revised downward - 12/10/07 SCHIP and the surrogate war over medicine - 12/6/07 Open enrollment for Medicare MSAs, Nov 15–Dec 31, 2007 - 12/4/07 Electronic medical records frequently de-installed - 12/2/07 Criminal charges against Planned Parenthood filed in Kansas - 11/27/07 Pressure to restrict energy use intensifies; opposition also builds - 11/20/07 Ron Paul sets one-day GOP fundraising record - 11/15/07 District Attorney asked to investigate Texas Medical Board officials - 11/10/07 Plan B sales soar - 11/7/07 Ron Paul supporters aim to break record for contributions on Nov. 5 - 11/4/07 New study supports abortion/breast cancer link - 11/2/07 Halloween vote by Senate Foreign Relations Committee could give away American sovereignty - 10/29/07 Texas Medical Board under fire - 10/23/07 Senator Clinton Says Country is Now Ready for Universal Coverage - 10/21/07 Democrats promise to bring SCHIP back within 2 weeks - 10/19/07 Congress pressured to override SCHIP veto; vote could come Oct 18 - 10/17/07 Ruling overturns government privacy policy on doctors’ data - 10/5/07 Chinese increase fines for having a second child; thousands riot over forced abortions - 10/02/07 The kibbutz sheds socialism - 9/28/07 Wrinkles treated more quickly than melanoma - 9/12/07 Functional imaging shows cognitive function in patients incapable of motor response - 9/8/07 Showdown in California over mandatory insurance - 9/3/07 Medicare to stop paying hospitals to treat "preventable" complications - 8/29/07 Guillain Barré syndrome reported after human papillomavirus vaccine - 8/27/07 Socialized medicine for children—and accompaniments - 8/21/07 Cuban medicine for ordinary people - 8/17/07 Israeli soldiers complain of adverse anthrax vaccine effects, unethical human experimentation - 8/14/07 Doctors' reputations harmed by inaccurate rating system - 8/10/07 Ex-jailer gets 7 months for drug dealing; another doctor convicted for pain prescribing - 7/31/07 Doctor who sparked autism fears faces hearing - 7/23/07 Dr. Hurwitz sentenced to nearly 5 years - 7/21/07 Persistent vegetative state misdiagnosed 40% of time; patient slated for Schiavo-style death awakens - 7/15/07 Generation Rescue mounts high-profile campaign against over-vaccinating - 7/11/07 Pluripotent stem cells made from skin - 7/6/07 Doctors want to take over management of local hospital - 7/3/07 All states to track HIV-positive patients by name - 6/30/07 HSA enrollments to reach 30 million by 2009, Mintel predicts - 6/29/07 Bonus pay has scant effect on treatment, outcomes - 6/26/07 Sicko medical system debated - 6/24/07 CDC wastes hundreds of millions of dollars, Coburn report says - 6/21/07 Computerized records could mean data overload, legal liability, doctors fear - 6/18/07 HSAs viewed skeptically in Wall Street Journal - 6/17/07 NPI Update - 6/16/07 U.S. presidential candidates propose universal health insurance - 6/14/07 NHS abandons computerized system for selecting junior doctors - 6/12/07 Time running out to delete DEA number from publicly available NPI data - 6/06/07 Officials quietly discussing terrorist nuclear attack - 6/5/07 Update on reply to Michael Moore's movie Sicko - 6/3/07 Coalition seeks input on "health system reform" - 6/1/07 Purdue fined $635 million for "misbranding" OxyContin - 5/30/07 Legislators from 25 states call for end to "illegal alien invasion" - 5/27/07 Autologous bone-marrow stem cells tested in Chagas disease - 5/25/07 Serious reactions attributed to HPV vaccine - 5/24/07 FDA rejects cancer immunotherapy agents and a new COX-2 inhibitor - 5/24/07 Canadians debate requiring doctors to do abortion referrals - 5/22/07 Michigan GOP leader wants Paul barred from future debates - 5/20/07 Ron Paul introduces bill to rein in the FDA - 5/17/07 AAPS member Ron Paul participating in GOP Presidential debates on Fox News, May 15 - 5/14/07 Abuses found as “private plans” chase Medicare beneficiaries - 5/11/07 Medicare trustees issue unprecedented warning - 5/7/07 AARP signs contracts with Aetna and UnitedHealth Group - 5/5/07 “Shaken baby” syndrome being questioned - 5/3/07 Court upholds partial-birth abortion ban; broad impact predicted - 5/1/07 High-volume NY Medicaid providers to get free software - 4/28/07 Transplant tourism to China - 4/24/07 Government accounting: New Jersey’s “recycled” pension funds - 4/22/07 Private medicine could help staunch Canadian brain drain - 4/20/07 Americans need civil defense instruction - 4/14/07 Jailing of tuberculosis patient sparks debate - 4/12/07 Supreme Court rules that building block for all life is a “pollutant” - 4/9/07 America’s tort tax: 77,000 lives, plus $865 billion per year - 4/7/07 AAPS speaks for patient privacy - 4/6/07 Purchase of human eggs creates ethical dilemma - 4/5/07 Pharmacist, ordered to dispense “morning after” pill, appeals to Illinois Supreme Court - 4/3/07 South Carolina House approves requirement for pre-abortion ultrasound - 3/30/07 Lawsuit fights ban on private medicine in Alberta - 3/29/07 IRS wants to use Medicare to help collect delinquent taxes - 3/26/07 Survival of 21-week baby prompts calls for abortion restrictions in Britain - 3/24/07 State Farm sues Florida Hospital for inflated prices; transparency coming but faces obstacles - 3/23/07 BC/BS outsourcing surgery to Thailand; medical tourism on the rise - 3/21/07 Donation after cardiac death expanding rapidly - 3/19/07 Uninsured subsidizing the insured - 3/18/07 Chickenpox vaccine protection waning - 3/17/07 Governors try to enforce international treaty by executive order - 3/8/07 Mental health rights advocate enjoined not to distribute documents on Zyprexa - 3/4/07 Merck suspends lobbying for human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine; FDA issues warning on Rota Teq - 2/27/07 “Any, Any, Any” Plan may be insolvent - 2/24/07 Rationing of necessary services under “universal” care - 2/21/07 Funds for covering children diverted to adults - 2/19/07 HPV 58 and multiple genotypes increase risk of cervical cancer - 2/15/07 Merck lobbyists work for HPV vaccine mandates; Texas governor bypasses legislature - 2/4/07 Bush proposes tax equity for health insurance - 1/26/07 AMA, AAFP endorse plan for uninsured favored by AARP and Families USA - 1/24/07 Schwarzenegger wants doctors, hospitals, and New Yorkers to finance “universal care” for Californians - 1/22/07 Congress moves toward price controls on drugs - 1/20/07 Embryo wars heat up - 1/17/07 Japanese cancer patients decry limits of "universal" system - 1/15/07 Asian quake exposes global networks’ fragility - 1/14/06 Physicians have until Feb 14 to change Medicare participation status; fee schedule changes and new Medicare Advantage Plans may spur them to do so - 1/10/07 Performance measures poorly related to outcome in heart failure - 1/8/07 Community “peer reviews” hospital; COO resigns - 1/4/07 New York limits hospital charges to uninsured - 1/3/07 Consumer-directed health plans taking off; get boost from Congress - 1/1/07 All “adverse patient events” to be reported in D.C. - 12/30/06 Demographic stresses increase - 12/29/06 Government tries to gag dissenting scientists - 12/27/06 Patients warned about insurer-controlled “personal” health records - 12/23/2006 Lost patient data has cost Providence $7 million so far - 12/22/06 Medicare bounty hunters unleashed - 12/21/06 Physician rating system delayed in Texas - 12/19/06 National health insurance in trouble in Europe; doctors fleeing Germany - 12/14/06 Lawmakers rush to mandate HPV - 12/11/06 New Internet Video: The Heartlessness of Socialized Medicine in Canada - 12/9/2006 Tamiflu may be linked to risk of self-injury and delirium; vitamin D suggested for influenza - 12/6/06 Myth of integrity in research shattered; dangerous new psychiatric drugs overpromoted, especially for children - 12/4/06 Statin drugs: potential use in influenza suggested; adverse-effects survey launched - 12/2/2006 Hospice Patients Alliance opposes in-hospice funeral home - 11/30/06 U.K. National Health Service Having Problems Implementing HIT - 11/29/06 Reagan tax cuts a global tide - 11/27/2006 Massachusetts costs 4th-highest; psychiatric hospitals stop admitting - 11/25/06 The Great Thanksgiving Hoax - 11/23/06 Middlemen strike it rich—on Medicaid - 11/22/2006 Canada’s social system expected to collapse soon - 11/20/06 Compression-only CPR triples survival rates - 11/18/06 Head of Kaiser’s digital project quits; former Intel head promotes KISS strategy - 11/17/2006 FDA sued over mercury in medicines - 11/13/06 New York gets $1.5 billion grant to “restructure” Medicaid - 11/11/06 Consultant visits rationed by stealth in UK - 11/9/2006 Artificial liver from stem cells?- 11/8/06 CMS rules cut physician pay up to 20% - 11/6/06 British psychiatrists and obstetricians call for changed abortion guidance - 11/3/2006 CMS pushing for national health information network - 11/2/06 Israel suspends, restarts flu shots; U.S. researchers find them safe for children; efficacy questioned - 10/31/06 Federal advisory committee recommends shingles vaccine - 10/28/2006 The environmental impact of 300 million persons - 10/26/06 Overhaul of German health system is Merkel’s first priority - 10/24/06 U.S. population growth slows; workforce in decline - 10/21/2006 U.N. says 30 nations have nuclear potential; South Korea having civil defense drills - 10/19/06 More hope for patients in unresponsive states: three cases - 10/18/06 Public health insurance in Canada financially unsustainable - 10/16/2006 Medical records theft damages credit ratings, threatens lives - 10/12/06 CIA, Blue Cross benefit from interoperable electronic health records - 10/07/06 Preemies lead infant deaths - 10/04/2006 Psychiatry used as a tool against dissent - 10/02/06 Commerce Department Missing 1,100 Laptop Computers - 09/27/06 CDC breaks precedent in recommending universal HIV screening - 09/26/06 Federal money for illegal aliens unused; fraud and identity theft rampant - 09/23/06 Muslims advised to leave U.S.; attack may be imminent - 09/22/06 Disability rights groups challenge Texas “futile-care law” - 9/21/2006 Nonprofit hospitals accused of overcharging, denying care - 09/19/06 Privacy breaches reported by nearly half of federal contractors - 09/9/06 Meningococcal vaccine advised or required for college; side effects downplayed - 09/7/06 Census Bureau insurance figures criticized - 09/5/06 Government unprepared for nuclear disaster; volunteers patrol San Francisco Bay - 09/4/06 Public Citizen demands harsher punishment of doctors - 9/2/2006 Medicare pays $275 million for “quality” data that doctors call useless - 09/1/06 FDA seeks to expand power over compounding pharmacies - 08/31/06 Canadian Medical Association elects supporter of private medicine as president - 08/28/06 Over-the-counter “Plan B” sales approved for women over 18 - 08/27/06 Illegal aliens drive up ER costs, cause environmental problems at border - 08/25/06 Pain doctor’s conviction overturned - 8/24/2006 German and Swiss doctors protest - 08/21/06 Courts with life-and-death powers to sit in secret in UK - 08/19/06 Terri Schiavo’s nurse keeps license - 08/18/06 Fetuses harvested for cosmetic procedures - 08/17/06 What if the government used audited financial statements? - 08/14/06 Thousands face delay in Massachusetts plan enrollment - 08/08/06 Georgetown University Hospital suspends e-prescribing - 08/07/06 Forced drugging stayed - 08/01/06 National health database near reality - 07/31/06 Physicians’ strike threatens to close private clinics in France - 07/29/06 Maryland “Wal-Mart bill” overturned in federal court - 07/25/06 Retirement savings overestimated - 07/12/06 Man regains speech after 19 years in a minimally conscious state - 07/07/06 Condoms, HPV vaccine touted for reducing cervical cancer - 07/06/06 Nurse’s license threatened for speaking out on Schiavo case - 07/03/06 Authorities try to squelch concerns over MMR; row continues - 06/30/06 Doctors’ average pay down 7% in 8 years, report says - 06/29/06 Police get phone records from private data brokers - 06/26/06 Physicians’ suit against UnitedHealth dismissed - 06/22/06 Assisted suicide causes problems, Senate told - 06/21/06 California doctors reject UnitedHealthcare contracts - 06/18/06 American Academy of Pediatrics fights efforts to ban thimerosal - 06/15/06 Wider breach of veterans’ data cannot be ruled out - 06/11/06 British National Health Service might — or might not — pay for surgery abroad - 06/09/06 Sleeping pills may awaken patients in a PVS - 06/07/06 Cost shifting from Medicare/Medicaid adds billions to medical bills - 06/05/06 U.S. scientists back autism link to MMR - 05/30/06 Judge rules for compounding pharmacists - 05/28/06 Insurers’ tardiness, inappropriate refusals, add up to 20% to physicians’ overhead - 05/27/06 Personal data of 26.5 million veterans stolen - 05/24/06 Kansas Attorney General appeals ruling on sexual abuse reporting - 05/23/06 Waiting lists shortened in New Zealand—by returning patients to GP - 05/21/06 Tax cuts soak the rich - 05/15/06 Seniors save by not using Medicare Part D - 05/13/06 Do-it-yourself dentistry in Britain - 05/11/06 Medicare’s financial problems deepen, Trustees say - 05/06/06 Wyeth petitions FDA to regulate compounding pharmacies; 40,000 respond - 05/03/06 Massachusetts-style coverage would cost California about $9.4 billion - 04/28/06 NIH over-hypes connection between air pollution and heart disease, critic says - 04/21/06 Guilty…of charity - 04/20/06 Gov. Romney signs Massachusetts universal coverage bill - 04/15/06 Earth needs a 90% decrease in human population, Texas professor says - 04/14/06 Court upholds jury’s findings in peer review case - 04/07/06 Medical staff bylaws are a contract—and a law overriding them is unconstitutional - 04/06/06 Influenza vaccine may give false positive HIV screen - 04/02/06 U.S. doctors abandoning most vulnerable patients, says Arab News - 04/01/06 Few Americans willing to pay for better medical care - 03/28/06 Michigan bill targets coerced abortions - 03/27/06 Pharmacists complain that Medicare Part D threatens their livelihood - 03/24/06 Health Savings Accounts (HSAs) have dramatic growth spurt - 03/23/06 “Good faith” at issue in Hurwitz appeal - 03/22/06 Foreigners buying up United States - 03/21/06 Cancer rates up in women, down in men - 03/20/06 Thanks to DDT, malaria rare in Swaziland - 03/18/06 Congress asks for independent research on thimerosal-autism link - 03/16/06 Article on falling autism rates sparks controversy - 03/06/06 Consent presumed for experiment with risky blood substitute - 03/01/06 AMA signs pact with Congress to write “physician performance measures” - 02/21/06 Industry “land grab” sparked by Medicare drug benefit - 02/13/06 Mechanism of abortion pill toxicity explained - 02/06/06 Electronic medical records a bonanza for thieves - 01/31/06 Patient helps to frame doctor to get out of jail - 01/26/06 Court upholds $1 million award to whistleblowing doctor - 01/24/06 Supreme Court limits federal interference in medical decisionmaking - 01/20/06 Tens of thousands can’t get prescriptions filled under Medicare Part D - 01/18/06 New study on Medicare’s hidden administrative costs - 01/15/06 California physicians turning away new patients - 01/11/06 Homeland Security proposes accepting higher radiation exposure in the event of a “dirty bomb” attack - 01/07/06 Top ten junk science claims of 2005 - 01/06/05 New York hospitals to be equipped with radiation detectors - 01/05/05 Pentagon concealed 20,000 hospitalizations related to anthrax vaccine - 01/03/06 Patients become customers: trends to watch in 2006 - 12/31/05 Blood donors refused after travel to malaria-prone area - 12/29/05 PFOX victory on First Amendment grounds followed by ongoing controversy - 12/28/05 Embryonic stem cell research: a junk science Christmas Carol - 12/26/05 Acetaminophen causes more than half the acute liver failure in the United States - 12/24/05 Spying on Americans is acceptable, President says - 12/21/05 Experts advise seniors to skip Part D scramble - 12/18/05 House renews USA PATRIOT Act; Senate prospects unclear - 12/15/05 Prosecutors must charge Limbaugh in order to interrogate his doctors - 12/13/05 Neurointensive care gains adherents - 12/12/05 British attorney attacks former children’s minister on child-abuse cases - 12/06/05 New York hotel sued over bedbug bites - 12/05/05 RU-486 could be ten times riskier than surgical abortion - 12/04/05 Studies denying abortion-breast cancer link debunked - 12/03/05 British abortionists fear being charged with infanticide - 12/01/05 House budget reconciliation would require proof of citizenship for Medicaid - 11/22/05 Providence Health System settles with uninsured patients - 11/20/05 American scientists resurrect 1918 pandemic influenza virus, plan to send it in the mail - 11/15/05 FBI’s use of USA PATRIOT Act concerns lawmakers - 11/12/05 California HMOs sending enrollees to Mexico - 11/09/05 U.S. fiscal future “worse than advertised,” comptroller general says - 11/08/05 Archbishop Desmond Tutu calls for DDT use to fight malaria - 11/06/05 Shipments of Tamiflu stopped to prevent “hoarding” - 11/04/05 Medicare drug plans may leave patients without their medications - 11/01/05 Witness recants lies in child-abuse case - 10/31/05 Peer review for expert witnesses in Chattanooga - 10/27/05 Health insurance imploding; will “single payer” or “consumer-directed health care” prevail? - 10/22/05 Government fails to report malpractice data - 10/21/05 Could the Medicare drug benefit shorten lives? - 10/17/05 Vaccine controversies continue - 10/9/05 Federal judge halts New Orleans gun seizures; police superintendent resigns - 10/5/05 Chernobyl cancer deaths fail to materialize - 10/3/05 Dr. Knox pleads guilty to four counts, down from 313 - 9/29/05 Despite funding increases, British NHS to cut services - 9/27/05 Trial lawyers stand to profit from disaster - 9/15/05 Nursing home owners charged with deaths of 34 patients - 9/13/05 Morticians prepare for 40,000 bodies - 9/6/05 British expert witness delicensed - 8/31/05 Article on fetal pain provokes controversy - 8/28/05 BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee criticized for $1 billion in reserves - 8/23/05 Courts rejecting more Medicaid claims - 8/18/05 European population in decline; welfare state threatened - 8/16/05 European court upholds restriction on sale of food supplements - 8/12/05 Public agencies face crushing retiree health benefits - 8/10/05 Study shows 10% of U.S. births are to illegal aliens - 8/6/05 HIV infections decrease in Uganda - 8/4/05 “Shaken baby syndrome” questioned by British court; conviction overturned - 8/2/05 Patients may set off airport alarms after nuclear medicine scans - 7/29/05 Health Care Choice Act approved by House Committee - 7/27/05 DEA driving OxyContin abusers to heroin - 7/24/05 Ringleaders of silicosis tort scam under grand jury investigation - 7/22/05 New York may lose billions to Medicaid fraud - 7/21/05 Harvard professor investigated over fluoride research - 7/20/05 New law forbids schools to force Ritalin on pupils - 7/18/05 Congressman Tancredo warns of al-Qaida nuclear threat - 7/14/05 Allegations of fake research reach record highs - 7/13/05 New Florida law makes it easier to end lives of the disabled - 7/9/05 States object to Medicare “clawback” - 7/5/05 NAS stands by “no-threshold” theory for radiation damage - 7/3/05 Minnesota government shutdown could affect medical assistance - 7/2/05 Parents battle vaccine industry over autism - 6/30/05 Purdue Pharma under investigation for sales practices - 6/25/05 Schiavo autopsy results misrepresented - 6/21/05 Alternative to TennCare: Private clinic offers affordable care to the uninsured - 6/20/05 Schiavo autopsy report released; Governor calls for further review - 6/18/05 Landmark victory for private medicine in Canada - 6/13/05 Commentary - McConnell: A New Type of Souter - 6/10/05 Firefighter speaks 10 years after brain injury - 6/9/05 Englishman sues for right to receive food and water - 6/2/05 British doctors call for ban on kitchen knives - 5/29/05 Best known hospitals less preferred by Blue Cross - 5/27/05 U.S. unprepared for nuclear terrorism - 5/25/05 FBI criticized for diverting health-care fraud funds - 5/17/05 Merck pledges to fight each Vioxx case - 5/16/05 Schools may label 10% of students as mentally ill; parental consent called for - 5/14/05 Counterfeit drugs, peddled by organized crime, cost lives in Third World - 5/12/05 Journal articles can be misleading on drug safety, effectiveness - 5/11/05 Women with abortion history at greater risk of preterm births - 5/9/05 Foster children used in AIDS drug tests - 5/8/05 HHS Secretary Leavitt touts living wills - 5/3/05 Leading scientific journals censor debate - 5/1/05 Limits on Medicare commitment to be considered - 4/30/05 DEA guidelines triple patient misery and costs - 4/27/05 Internet drug ring busted - 4/24/05 Planned Parenthood accused of violating state laws - 4/21/05 Malpractice insurer fails - 4/20/05 Charles Thomas Sell, D.D.S., to be released on Alford plea - 4/18/2005 Virtual Life Sentence for Pain Doctor, Death Sentence for Patients - 4/15/05 California considers assisted-suicide bill - 4/13/05 Child Protective Services said to endanger children, families - 4/12/05 British House of Commons releases critical report on pharmaceutical company influence - 4/10/05 Senate to consider “REAL ID” Act - 4/8/05 Medicare beneficiaries have to “adjust their expectations,” say Trustees - 4/7/05 Pharmacists caught in abortion-rights dispute - 4/6/05 Zogby Poll: Americans oppose dehydration of disabled patients - 4/5/05 Dutch doctors propose criteria for “euthanizing” disabled newborns - 4/3/2005 German Medical Association issues statement on Terri Schiavo - 3/30/2005 Eleventh Circuit may hear Schiavo case again - 3/30/2005 Schiavo lets wife receive Easter Communion - 3/28/2005 Schiavo case highlights abuse potential in guardianship - 3/25/2005 Terri Schiavo dying; 11th Circuit rejects appeal - 3/23/2005 Canadian medicare going broke - 3/21/2005 In defiance of a congressional subpoena, Terri Schiavo’s feeding tube is pulled - 3/20/2005 Government demands $415,000 in criminal forfeiture from Dr. Hurwitz - 3/17/2005 Judgment awarded in abortion-breast cancer case - 3/16/2005 Child “protective” services wants death for allegedly shaken baby - 3/15/2005 Judge denies almost all motions, but fight for Terri Schiavo’s life continues - 3/14/2005 Life for VA pain doctor? - 3/9/05 MRSA, other infections rampant in NHS hospitals in Britain - 3/6/05 Heated battle in progress for life of Terri Schindler Schiavo, other disabled persons - 3/5/05 U.S. life expectancy reaches record high - 3/2/05 CDC splits vaccine promotion and safety monitoring functions - 2/27/05 Washington State proposes “pay or play” - 2/26/05 Patients Support Dr. Anna Lee - 2/25/05 Social Security “transition costs” a myth, economists say - 2/24/05 Maryland proposes to ban vaccines containing heavy metals - 2/20/05 Insurance-free pharmacies lower consumers’ drug costs - 2/15/05 Can olfactory stem cells help paraplegics walk again? - 2/15/05 Bush vows to veto any Medicare drug rollback. - 2/13/05 Brain-damaged people show awareness. - 2/11/05 Merck memo warned of mercury in vaccines - 2/8/05 Thirty state attorneys general express concerns about DEA enforcement - 2/5/05 Dr. Frank Fisher vindicated at last. - 2/4/05 Medicare/Medicaid costs alarm Congressional Budget Office - 2/2/05 Elian raid excessive force case begins - 1/30/2005 U.S. Supreme Court declines to hear case on “Terri’s Law”; way cleared for death by dehydration/starvation - 1/25/05 Most states cutting Medicaid - 1/23/05 Social Security will be flat broke, President Bush says. - 1/20/05 National health infrastructure under development; comments needed. - 1/15/05 “Malresult” insurance proposed for patients - 1/14/05 New York Times supports DDT to fight malaria - 1/11/05 Maryland governor to veto state fund to subsidize physicians’ liability premiums. - 1/07/05 Physician delicensure could decrease malpractice litigation, panel says. - 1/06/05 Specialists decry DEA reversal on pain guidelines. - 1/04/05 Conscience clause under attack. - 12/30/04 U.S. leads the world in prison population. - 12/28/04 De-facto national ID in intelligence law sparks outrage. - 12/26/04 Schools, law enforcement agencies most likely to defy open-records laws. - 12/24/04 U.S. criticizes China’s one-child law. - 12/23/04 FDA incapable of protecting public safety, says official. - 12/21/04 Dr. Hurwitz Convicted. - 12/16/04 Jury deliberates in federal pain prosecution - 12/10/04 Bill to reform New York licensure board reaches governor - 12/9/2004 Daycare worker acquitted of murder in Shaken Baby Syndrome case - 12/7/2004 Euthanasia spreads in Europe - 12/2/2004 DEA’s reneging on guidelines chills pain management - 11/30/2004 Pain Relief Network asks DEA to withdraw charges against Dr. Hurwitz. - 11/28/2004 Dr. Sell denied trial; videotapes document prison abuse. - 11/25/2004 DEA explains withdrawal of FAQ on prescription pain medicines. - 11/21/2004 Limbaugh lawsuit on medical privacy sent to state’s Supreme Court. - 11/19/2004 Trial of Dr. Hurwitz on drug-dealing charges is in progress. - 11/14/2004 California rejects “Pay or Play” - 11/11/2004 Many drugs in short supply. - 10/31/2004 Court renders military forced anthrax vaccination program illegal. - 10/28/2004 AMA advocates overturning religious exemption to mandatory vaccines. - 10/26/2004 Taxpayers to pay $0.50 per pill for controlled drugs missing from county hospital pharmacy - 10/20/2004 Doctors threatened with jail for giving flu shots - 10/18/2004 DEA withdraws FAQ on pain medications - 10/11/2004 Court Upholds Fishing Expedition in Limbaugh case - 10/7/2004 Florida Supreme Court strikes down Terri Schiavo’s law - 9/25/2004 Estimated cost of Kerry plan upped to $1.5 trillion - 9/20/2004 House appropriates $20 million for universal “mental health screening” - 9/11/2004 NIH rules to require free public access to research results - 9/8/2004 “Shaken baby” conviction overturned - 9/1/2004 Percentage of uninsured unchanged. - 8/28/2004 Dr. Jeri Hassman sentenced to probation. - 8/17/2004 Man accused in “shaken baby” case released after 21 years. - 8/17/2004 Tort tax costs U.S. more than $180 billion per year - 8/14/2004 FDA accused of concealing youth suicide risk of antidepressant drugs - 8/9/2004 U.S. debt limit of $7.4 trillion must be raised. - 8/4/2004 FDA to debate OTC defibrillator sales. - 7/23/2004 Parents file brief saying disabled daughter has right to change her mind about dying. - 7/18/2004 National disability groups file in Bush v. Schiavo - 7/15/2004 Psychiatrist says jailed dentist competent to stand trial - 7/12/2004 Whole Foods goes for consumer-driven health care - 7/5/2004 Legal abortions best predictor of cancer trends, says British Journal of Cancer - 7/3/2004 Another physician suicide linked to pain prescribing. - 7/1/2004 Pharmacist indicted for filling OxyContin prescriptions. - 6/16/2004 Court holds hearing on Dr. Sell's motion to be tried on pending charges. - 5/31/2004 Ninth Circuit upholds Oregon assisted suicide law. - 5/28/2004 Doctor acquitted, but life ruined anyway - 5/24/2004 Institute of Medicine (IOM) says no more research needed on vaccine/autism connection. - 5/19/2004 Terri’s Law ruled unconstitutional - 5/12/2004 Conflicts of interest at NIH under scrutiny - 5/8/2004 Florida rejects government-run prescription drug data base - 5/2/2004 In-patient care being out-sourced to India - 4/27/2004 Out-of control lawsuits cost economy $200 billion/year - 4/22/2004 Malpractice awards reach record high. - 4/15/2004 Gov. Bush lobbies for drug-tracking data base. - 4/13/2004 Motion for Acquittal on grounds of perjured testimony to be filed in Paey case. - 4/11/2004 Rush Limbaugh defends “libeled” doctors. - 4/10/2004 Office of Inspector General warns physicians against charging Medicare patients “extra fees.” - 4/8/2004 Patient pays doctor is now a “man bites dog” story. - 4/6/2004 Psychiatrist wins nearly $1 million in whistleblower suit - 4/4/2004 FDA issues public health advisory on suicide risk of antidepressants - 3/26/2004 Medicare bankruptcy date moved up 7 years - 3/24/2004 Pope reprimands “euthanasia by omission” - 3/22/2004 Drug crackdown hits chronic pain patients - 3/16/2004 Limbaugh Prosecutor Admits Records Seizure an Invasion of Privacy - 3/10/2004 Pain patient convicted in third trial - 3/9/2004 Bush Administration targets prescription drug abuse - 3/5/2004 Greenspan says that entitlements must be cut - 2/26/2004 AAPS files amicus brief supporting Rush Limbaugh’s privacy - 2/23/2004 Institute of Medicine airs concerns over mercury in vaccines - 2/20/2004 Showdown over Medicaid - 2/19/2004 Florida court backs Gov. Bush, Terri Schindler Schiavo’s family. - 2/15/2004 Experience with HSAs disproving naysayers. - 2/13/2004 Estimated cost of Medicare change already up 35% - 2/6/2004 More doctors choosing to “go bare.” - 2/2/2004 Jeri Hassman, M.D. pleads guilty to not ratting on patients. - 1/31/2004 Hearing to examine role of vaccines in autism cases - 1/29/2004 Bush threatens to veto attempt to repeal Medicare prescription drug coverage; Kennedy proposes employer mandate - 1/25/2004 AAPS files motion in Limbaugh case - 1/23/2004 National Academy of Sciences calls for “universal coverage” by 2010 - 1/20/2004 First customer buys Health Savings Account - 1/8/2004 Seniors’ price shopping results in lower prices than insurer negotiations - 1/6/2004 Is Medicare responsible for hospitals’ gouging the poor and the uninsured? - 1/1/2004 Doctors make news by escaping insurance shackles - 12/31/2003 War against pain doctors escalating - 12/29/2003 Congressional report blasts tax break for employer-provided medical insurance - 12/27/2003 Defense Department enjoined from administering anthrax vaccine without consent - 12/23/2003 Judge orders Rush Limbaugh’s records to be opened - 12/23/2003 Prosecutors want Rush Limbaugh’s medical records unsealed - 12/21/2003 Thank Hillary Clinton for flu vaccine shortage - 12/18/2003 Hundreds of buildings may have collapse potential of World Trade Center - 12/16/2003 Insurers ready to offer Health Savings Accounts - 12/13/2003 Medical spending growth down in first half of 2003 - 12/12/2003 Medicare will not cover non-formulary drugs - 12/08/2003 President signs Pediatric Research Equity Act - 12/06/2003 Supreme Court hears argument in Foster case - 12/04/2003 Daschle wants to repeal free-market elements of Medicare expansion - 12/02/2003 Medicare expansion passes after rules changed. - 11/27/2003 WMDs found in Medicare legislation. - 11/25/2003 Medicare bill could come to a vote today; conservatives split. - 11/21/2003 AARP endorses Medicare expansion. - 11/18/2003 Kennedy holds the power on Medicare reform; Hillary says let Bush experiment on his supporters. - 11/13/2003 “Justice for Judges” 30-hour Senate Debate Set for Nov. 12-14 - 11/13/2003 PATRIOT Act Used Against White-Collar Crime - 11/11/2003 Doctor is in, but insurance is out - 11/07/2003 Medicare cost limits, or unlimited entitlement? - 11/05/2003 Government fails to convict Dr. Knox on a single count - 11/02/2003 Casualties mount in War on [Pain-Relieving] Drugs - 10/30/2003 Hospitals destroy doctors who speak up for patients - 10/29/2003 The “one thing that could kill Medicare” in the Democrats’ view... - 10/24/2003 One-Third of Uninsured Work for Large Companies - 10/23/2003 Seniors object to loss of current prescription drug benefits - 10/22/2003 Court-ordered Starvation in Progress - 10/19/2003 Medicare Part B premiums to rise next year by $7.90 a month, to $66.60 - 10/16/2003