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Consumer-directed U.S. health insurance surges

April 19th, 2012

There may not be a consensus in the nation's capital on how to control the cost of health care, but businesses and their employees are not sitting around waiting for clarity. They are voting with their ………click here to continue reading

How Floundering Minority Health Care Costs Communities Millions

March 4th, 2012

WASHINGTON — Health disparities are creating economic burdens for families, communities and the nation’s health care system. Across the country, infant mortality and chronic diseases continue to affect people of color at rates far higher than those for whites…….click here to continue reading

Kaiser Permanente Receives Two Awards for Leadership in Electronic Health Record Implementation

February 22nd, 2012

OAKLAND, Calif., Feb. 22, 2012 /PRNewswire/ — Kaiser Permanente, the nation's leading health care provider, with the largest private-sector electronic health record system in the world, received two awards ………click here to continue reading

Resist temptation to cut health care

November 16th, 2011

A leaner federal budget might seem like the prescription of the day for the nation’s fiscal problems, but in our corner of America, the solution is not so simple…….click here to continue reading

VA health care centered on heroes

November 11th, 2011

Patient-centered care has become the hallmark of the VA’s Tennessee Valley Healthcare System, serving men and women who wore our nation’s uniform…….click here to continue reading