Mitt Romney Finally Takes Credit For Obamacare
"Without Romneycare, I don't think we would have Obamacare," the 2012 GOP presidential nominee admits in an obituary remembering his friend, Staples founder Thomas Stemberg.
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In Maryland, A Change In How Hospitals Are Paid Boosts Public Health
Baltimore Health Commissioner Leana Wen has big dreams for her city, but finding the money to achieve them is a challenge. Putting Maryland hospitals on fixed budgets may be the key.
A Hospital Reduces Repeat ER Visits By Providing Social Workers
Some people return to the emergency room again and again because it's their only source of medical care. A Wisconsin hospital hired social workers to help patients find more appropriate care.
Online Health Tools Might Not Help The People Who Need It Most
An online portal to manage chronic kidney disease sounds great, but poor, older or black people were less likely to use it. That means the shift to e-health could make health disparities worse.
How Generic Drugs Can Cost Small Pharmacies Big Bucks
Independent pharmacies are getting pinched by reimbursements for generic drugs that aren't keeping up with rising prices. Drugstores blame the middlemen who manage companies' drug benefits.
What To Do With California's Mentally Ill Defendants?
Jail is too dangerous for many defendants found incompetent to stand trial because of illnesses like schizophrenia, judges say. But psychiatric hospitals are now overcrowded and violent, too.
The Right Medicare Drug Plan Can Help Control Price Shocks
Drug plans offered by private insurers under Medicare change from year to year. It pays to check around for the best deal during open enrollment season.
5 Years After A Murder, Calif. Hospital Still Struggles With Violence
Napa State Hospital in California added safeguards to protect workers after a psychiatric technician was murdered in 2010. But violence remains a part of daily life at the facility.
Study Suggests Talk Therapy Eases Symptoms Of Schizophrenia
NPR's Ari Shapiro interviews Nina R. Schooler, professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences at SUNY Downstate, about the study she co-authored regarding early treatment of schizophrenia.
New Guidelines Reflect Knowledge On Positives, Risks Of Mammograms
NPR's Audie Cornish talks with Kenny Lin, associate professor of family medicine at Georgetown University School of Medicine, about what the new mammogram guidelines mean on an individual level.