Health Care

Budget Battles

  • October 13, 2014

    Why Survivors Could Hold the Key to an Ebola Cure

    By Sharon Begley, Reuters

    A group of scientists including three Nobel laureates in medicine has proposed that U.S. health officials chart a new path to developing Ebola drugs and vaccines by harnessing antibodies produced by...

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    ‘Zombies on Drugs’ Cost Taxpayers Nearly $300,000

    By Maureen Mackey, The Fiscal Times

    If you think zombies have taken over America – “The Walking Dead” gets roughly 17 million viewers per episode – here’s more proof. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) paid nearly $...

  • Nurse Challenges Maine’s Ebola Restriction

    By Staff, Reuters

    Kaci Hickox, a U.S. nurse who has tested negative for Ebola after returning from West Africa, on Wednesday said she would challenge Maine's restrictions and did not plan to follow guidelines to...

  • Ebola’s Long Tail of Devastating Economic Harm

    By Rick Docksai, The Fiscal Times

    “Women in Sierra Leone are choosing not to go to market to sell their crops. Traders from [the Ivory Coast] are choosing not to travel to Liberia to sell food. International mining companies are...

  • Escalating costs are forcing medical schools to grapple with teaching about the financial side of their profession.

    The Family Docs’ $20M Push to Earn More Money

    By Lisa Gillespie, Kaiser Health News

    Family medicine doctors are joining forces to win a bigger role in health care – and be paid for it. Eight family-physician-related groups, including the American Academy of Family Physicians, have...