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Progress on HealthcareSelected articles from reliable sources
There is a tremendous amount of misinformation about the government's efforts to change the healthcare system. We have assembled a small number of articles from reliable sources to give you an idea of what is being discussed.
New England Journal of Medicine, November 2009
President Obama's joint session address to Congress Transcript of speech given on September 9, 2009
Congressional Update from the Partnership to Improve Patient Care, August 28, 2009.
A Science Fact Check: concerning comparative effectiveness research, from Newsweek Magazine, July 7, 2009
President Obama addresses the American Medical Association C-SPAN video, June 15, 2009
The Individual Mandate — An Affordable and Fair Approach to Achieving Universal Coverage by Linda J. Blumberg, Ph.D., and John Holahan, Ph.D. New England Journal of Medicine, June 17, 2009
Congressional Action on Health Care Reform - An Update by John K. Iglehart New England Journal of Medicine, June 18, 2009
Letting the Patient Call the Shots by Pauline W. Chen, M.D. New York Times, June 4, 2009
A video exposé of Cigna's practice of denying care to sick patients
The Cost Conundrum: What a Texas Town Can Teach Us About Healthcare by Atule Gawande, M.D. The New Yorker Magazine, June 1, 2009 ** this article has become required reading in Washington
New FDA Commissioner on Quick Access to New Drugs by Margaret A. Hamburg, M.D., and Joshua M. Sharfstein, M.D. New England Journal of Medicine, June 11, 2009
The House Majority Leader sends out a regular health care reform update;If
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