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新浪微博:遭遇中国式审查
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At a Catholic Hospital, a Dispute Over What a Doctor Can Do – and Say
by Nina MartinNov. 14: This story has been updated with comment from Dr. Demos. A dispute between a Colorado cardiologist and the hospital he works for has highlighted a growing area of concern among...
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N.Y. Fed Asks Court to Dismiss Fired Goldman Examiner’s Lawsuit
by Jake BernsteinThe Federal Reserve Bank of New York has asked a judge to throw out a lawsuit by a former bank examiner who says she was dismissed after finding fault with Goldman Sachs’...
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Polarizing Brooklyn Prosecutor Retires Amid Scrutiny
by Joaquin SapienFor more than 20 years, Michael Vecchione served as one of Brooklyn District Attorney Charles “Joe” Hynes’ top lieutenants, taking on some of the office’s most controversial cases....
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Medicare’s Failure to Track Doctors Wastes Billions on Name-Brand Drugs
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Crossroads’ Tax Return Shows Big Donors, But Doesn’t Name Them
by Kim BarkerThe dark money giant Crossroads GPS, launched by Republican strategist Karl Rove, told the IRS it raised almost $180 million in 2012, including one donation of $22.5 million, another of...
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Five Takeaways: Why Doctors Stay Mum About Mistakes Their Colleagues Make
by Marshall Allen As I wrote this earlier month, doctors often know when a patient has been the victim of a medical error – sometimes before the patient does.But too often they don’t say anything...
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Discussion: Why Medicare Wastes Billions on Name-Brand Drugs
by Blair HickmanYesterday, we published an investigation into how Medicare's popular drug program has failed to rein in medical providers who heavily prescribe pricey, name-brand drugs, instead of...
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Military Aid Gets A Partial Pass on Foreign Assistance Transparency Push
by Cora CurrierEarlier this year, we detailed the Obama administration’s opposition to congressional efforts to require more oversight of aid to foreign militaries and police forces.Security...
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Generic or Name-Brand? 10 Docs Talk About Picking Drugs
by Charles Ornstein and Tracy WeberWe talked to dozens of experts for our Monday report on how Medicare is wasting hundreds of millions of dollars a year by failing to look into doctors who...
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Q&A: How California’s Insurance Enrollments Beat Healthcare.gov
by Charles OrnsteinThere’s good news flowing from the Golden State — and Peter Lee has a lot to do with it.Covered California, the state’s health insurance marketplace, signed up more people in...
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Podcast: Millions Wasted on Brand-Name Drugs in Medicare
by Nicole Collins BronzanThis week, Steve Engelberg brings Charlie Ornstein and Tracy Weber to the Storage Closet Studio to talk about the latest piece in their yearlong investigation of Medicare Part...
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In California, $1 Million in Unpaid Fines for Assisted Living Centers
by A.C. Thompson The California Department of Social Services issued more than $2 million in fines against assisted living facilities throughout the state from 2007 to 2012. But a ProPublica review of...
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A Year Later, Feds Inch Forward on Fair Housing
by Nikole Hannah-JonesTonight’s episode of “This American Life” will feature a story based on ProPublica’s yearlong investigation “Living Apart: How the Government Betrayed a Landmark Civil Rights...
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Help Us Investigate Segregation at Secondary Schools
by Blair HickmanMiddle schools and high schools often offer an array of classes and programs in order to serve students with a variety of educational needs. They include talented and gifted, special...
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New Tax Return Shows Karl Rove’s Group Spent Even More On Politics Than It Said
by Kim BarkerOn its 2012 tax return, GOP strategist Karl Rove’s dark money behemoth Crossroads GPS justified its status as a tax-exempt social welfare group in part by citing its grants of $35 million...
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A Cheat Sheet For The Obamacare Hearings
by Charles OrnsteinEvery few days, it seems, there’s another hearing into one problem or another with rolling out the Affordable Care Act. It’s hard to keep track.Since late October, by my count,...
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Rate Hikes Hidden in California’s Glowing Obamacare Reviews
by Charles OrnsteinDuring a meeting last week, officials at Covered California, the state’s much-touted health insurance marketplace, made a pretty stark admission: Half of the approximately 1 million...
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