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News and Features Related to Health Care Reform

131. Study: Medical Errors Still a Problem
     

     April 3, 2007 -- American hospitals are making little overall progress in preventing medical errors that injure or kill patients, a study released Tuesday concludes. Though hospitals have improved in some areas, the report shows no improvements or declines in several others. Overall, researchers say

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132. Cost: A Deadly Barrier to Health Care
     

     March 13, 2007 -- Short on cash? Don't have a heart attack . That is very cold advice. Nobody wants to have a heart attack. But if you do have one -- and if your financial situation means you sometimes have to cut back on health care -- you're less likely to recover as fully as more fortunate Americ

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133. Health Care: 20% U.S. Spending in 2016
     

     Feb. 21, 2007 -- Health care will account for nearly 20 cents of every dollar spent in the U.S. in 2016, government experts predict. If so, America's health care tab will be nearly twice as large as in 2006. U.S. health care spending weighed in at $2.1 trillion last year. By 2016, the figure is proj

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134. Bush: Tax & State Help for Uninsured
     

     Jan. 24, 2007 -- President Bush formally unveiled a pair of health initiatives during his State of the Union address Tuesday night aimed at expanding Americans’ access to health coverage. Bush called for changes in the tax code that would make it easier for families and individuals to buy coverage o

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135. House OKs Medicare Drug Negotiations
     

     Jan. 12, 2007 -- The U.S. House of Representatives voted Friday to lift restrictions that bar the government from negotiating lower Medicare drug prices. The bill, which passed 255-170, repeals language in the 2003 law that created the Medicare Part D prescription plan. That language explicitly proh

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136. Health Care Costs Approach $2 Trillion
     

     Jan, 8, 2007-- In 2005, the nation's health care spending grew at its slowest rate since 1999, but there are clear signs American consumers are being forced to shoulder a greater share of their own costs, the government reported Tuesday. Spending on medical care set a new record of $1.99 trillion in

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137. Waiting Room Tops Patient Complaints
     

     Jan. 8, 2007 -- Most patients are satisfied with their doctors, but there are complaints, particularly about time spent in the waiting room. Meanwhile, doctors have their own peeves about patients, a new survey shows. The survey of about 39,000 patients and 335 primary care doctors appears in the Fe

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138. Democrats Vow to Move Fast on Health
     

     Jan. 4, 2007 -- Democrats promised swift action on a series of health issues as the 110th Congress was sworn in Thursday. Democrats took control of both houses of Congress for the first time since 1994. Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., the new Speaker of the House, has already promised swift votes on two hea

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139. Prescription Discount Cards Latest Medicare Reform Tactic
     

     July 11, 2001 (Washington) -- President George W. Bush is expected to announce a discount card plan as an immediate way of keeping prescription drug prices down for seniors. Depending on how the plan is structured, the savings could be 15% or even higher for Medicare beneficiaries.   While details w

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140. Health Care Reform: Tough Choices
     

     Nov. 14, 2006 -- Policy makers are expected to spend the next two years cementing their positions on how to fix the out-of-control costs, mediocre quality, and high uninsured rates plaguing the U.S. health care system. But it doesn't look like the public is going to be much help. A national survey r

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