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05.11.2009 9:01 pm

Don’t trade real reform for promised savings

President Barack Obama speaks at a White House meeting with health groups Monday.

President Barack Obama speaks at a White House meeting with health groups Monday.

Promises to cut health costs in the future are a bit like protestations of love in the back seat of a parked car: No matter how heart-felt they…

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05.27.2008 9:00 pm

Wednesday editorial: Overdue watchman


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The world’s premier drug regulator, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, has an almost impossible job. Before a new drug can go on the market, the FDA must assess its safety, and its only guide are studies involving at most…

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05.20.2008 9:01 pm

Wednesday editorial: The free lunch that isn’t

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Medical students occupy the lowest level in the health care hierarchy. They have to be supervised when they treat patients, they can’t write prescriptions and sometimes they don’t even know their way around the hospital where they’re learning to become…

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