2010
"Rich in resources, rich in spending: Medicare costs higher here than in similar markets, U.S. average"
Jay Greene
Crain's Detroit Business, February 7, 2010

"Massachusetts' Problem and Maryland's Solution We Don't Have to Wait for Washington . . . Part 2"
Maggie Mahar
Health Beat blog, February 5, 2010

"Latest hospital financials look healthy"
Aaron Kremer
Richmond BizSense, February 3, 2010

"Testing the connection"
Shawn Rhea
Modern Healthcare, February 1, 2010

"Cedar Rapids Held up as Model for Health Cost Containment"
David DeWitte
KCRG-TV9 (Cedar Rapids, IA), February 1, 2010

"Health Reform: Health Action 2010 -- Day 2 and 3"
Meredith Hughes and Allison Levy
The New America Foundation Health Dialogue Blog, February 1, 2010

"VBID, Wellness: Market Grows for Consumer Incentives"
Merrill Goozner
GoozNews, February 1, 2010

"In Massachusetts Elite Providers Drive Health Care Spending; What Does This Say about the Dartmouth Research? . . . Marylands Solution. Part 1"
Maggie Mahar
Health Beat blog, January 30, 2010

"Health care reform: Can Mayo emerge a winner?"
Chen May Yee
The Minneapolis Star Tribune, January 29, 2010

"Mass. Hospitals With Big Names Bring In Bigger Fees"
Christopher Weaver
NPR Health Blog, January 29, 2010

"Even in 'Dark Times' for Overhaul, Health Care Can Be Fixed"
Jane Norman
CQ HealthBeat, January 29, 2010

"Regional Variation Revisited: Price Differences Not A Significant Factor"
Merrill Goozner
GoozNews, January 29, 2010

"'Bending the Cost Curve' by Tackling Overuse of Diagnostic Imaging"
Bruce Siegel
RWJF Health Reform Galaxy Blog, January 27, 2010

"Medical debate looks at comparing therapies"
Bobby Caina Calvan
The Sacramento Bee, January 25, 2010

"Health-care experts say Obama can get some reform himself"
David Ignatius
The Washington Post, January 24, 2010

"Health care cost-cutting still possible for Congress"
The Spokesman-Review (Spokane, WA), January 24, 2010

"Jacksonville gobbles health care, but it's still no Miami"
Jeremy Cox
The Florida Times-Union, January 24, 2010

"He makes house calls - and provides a sympathetic ear"
Elizabeth Simpson
The Virginian-Pilot, January 24, 2010

"Giving patients a 'medical home': Carilion's Vinton clinic model garners national attention for patient coordination"
Sarah Bruyn Jones
The Roanoke Times, January 24, 2010

"It's complicated: One routine surgery generates a flurry of bills, costs"
Judy Benson
The Day (New London, CT), January 24, 2010

"Ex-Mayo CEO: Health plan lacking"
Ken Alltucker
The Arizona Republic, January 19, 2010

"Whitefish Recognized for Low Health Costs"
Julie Rogers
KECI News (Missoula, MT), January 18, 2010

"Lawmakers urge fixes in Medicare reimbursement"
Les Blumenthal
The Olympian (Washington), January 18, 2010

"Opposing view: 'An intelligent response'"
Joe Courtney
USA Today Opinion blog, January 18, 2010

"Area hospital construction taking break after expensive binge"
J.K. Wall
The Indianapolis Business Journal, January 16, 2010

"Local hospitals keeping eye on health reform"
Stephanie Jones
The Journal Times (Racine, WI), January 10, 2010

"Can Comparative-Effectiveness Research Be a Physician's Best Friend?"
Robert Lowes
Medscape Medical News, January 9, 2010

"Recession slows health costs"
Dave Hodges
The Tallahassee Democrat, January 8, 2010

"Health bill may steer state's money astray"
Jan Moller
The New Orleans Times-Picayune, January 7, 2010

"Health bills would shift Medicare money to Mayo and other 'high-value' hospitals"
Alec MacGillis
The Washington Post, January 6, 2010

"Congress Proposes New Physician Payment System"
Sarah Varney
National Public Radio, January 4, 2010

"Medicare Fee Inspection"
Bryn Nelson
The Hospitalist, January 2010

2009
"Health Cuts With Little Effect on Care"
David Leonhardt
The New York Times, December 29, 2009

"A foundation for better American health care"
Jeanne Shaheen
The Union Leader (New Hampshire), December 29, 2009

"Sacramento health care model could help Dallas lower expenses"
Jim Landers
The Dallas Morning News, December 27, 2009

"Doctors No One Needs"
Shannon Brownlee and David Goodman
The New York Times, December 22, 2009

"Weighing Medical Costs of End-of-Life Care"
Reed Abelson
The New York Times, December 22, 2009

"U.S. spending on health care rises, census report says"
Jason Roberson
The Dallas Morning News, December 18, 2009

"What to look for in healthcare reform: location, location, location"
Georganne Chapin
New Geography, December 14, 2009

"U.S. health care costs for the aged are sky high"
Mark Roth
The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, December 13, 2009

"U.S. missed a real opportunity for health care reform"
Robert Dolsen
The Herald Palladium (Southwest Michigan), December 13, 2009

"Hope for reining in health care costs"
Monitor staff
The Concord Monitor, December 11, 2009

"It's the health care payment system, stupid!"
Brian Jackson
The Salt Lake Tribune, December 11, 2009

"Is More Care Better? The Evidence Suggests No"
Jonathan Skinner and Shannon Brownlee
Health Affairs Blog, December 10, 2009

"Are Primary-Care Practices Too Small to Measure Quality?"
Jacob Goldstein
The Wall Street Journal health blog, December 8, 2009

"Most practices too small for solid stats: study"
Andis Robeznieks
Modern Healthcare, December 8, 2009

"Take heed if Medicare panel gains muscle"
Jim Landers
The Dallas Morning News, December 8, 2009

"Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland make a lasting impression in national health debate"
Sarah Jane Tribble
The Cleveland Plain Dealer, December 3, 2009

"Johns Hopkins says: Our care isn't too expensive"
Jay Hancock
The Baltimore Sun business blog, December 3, 2009

"Lubbock Beats McAllen For Medicare Cost Crown"
Kate Steadman
NPR Health Blog, December 2, 2009

"McCain wastes a good idea"
Gary Crooks
The Spokesman-Review (Spokane, WA), December 2, 2009

"Is 30 Percent Really Wasted?"
Merrill Goozner
GoozNews, December 2, 2009

"Panel Finds Regional Differences in Use of Medical Care"
Robert Pear
The New York Times Prescriptions Blog, December 1, 2009

"MedPAC Looks Afresh at Regional Variations in Levels of Care"
John Reichard
CQ Healthbeat News, December 1, 2009

"A poor excuse for high Baltimore medical costs"
Jay Hancock
The Baltimore Sun business blog, November 30, 2009

"Top hospitals dispute cost rankings"
Kelly Brewington and Jamie Smith Hopkins
The Baltimore Sun, November 29, 2009

"Dallas summit will bring together health care buyers, sellers"
Jim Landers
The Dallas Morning News, November 29, 2009

"Column: For real reform, financial incentives need to change"
The Wausau Daily Herald, November 29, 2009

"Study: Unneeded procedures inflate health care costs"
Jake Miller and Keith Uhlig
The Wausau Daily Herald, November 29, 2009

"Senate debate to address inequality in Medicare costs"
Brian Tumulty
The Press & Sun-Bulletin (Binghamton, NY), November 28, 2009

"Medical Treatment: Patients and 'Shared Decision Making'"
Sarah Baldauf
U.S.News & World Report, November 25, 2009

"Health care costs all over the map"
Robert Bazell
NBC Nightly News, November 24, 2009

"The Cost of Dying"
Andy Court
CBS News, November 22, 2009

"No hospital savings with electronic records: study"
Susan Heavey
Reuters, November 20, 2009

"Screening Debate Reveals Culture Clash in Medicine"
Kevin Sack
The New York Times, November 20, 2009

"UCSF program shows house calls' time returning"
Victoria Colliver
The San Francisco Chronicle, November 19, 2009

"The Battle Over Rewarding Efficient Providers"
John Wennberg and Shannon Brownlee
Health Affairs Blog, November 17, 2009

"Whitefish provides affordable health care"
KAJ18 News (Montana), November 17, 2009

"Why A Little City In Wisconsin Is The Best Place To Die"
Joseph Shapiro
National Public Radio, November 16, 2009

"Reaction To Cooper's Challenge Against Dartmouth Atlas"
Jordan Rau
Kaiser Health News, November 16, 2009

"Crusading Professor Challenges Dartmouth Atlas On Claims Of Wasteful Health Care Spending"
Jordan Rau
Kaiser Health News, November 16, 2009

"Shasta County spinal fusion rate more than double the state average"
Ryan Sabalow
The Record Searchlight (Redding, CA), November 15, 2009

"Shasta County's high surgical rates questioned"
Ryan Sabalow
The Record Searchlight (Redding, CA), November 15, 2009

"Researchers at Dartmouth Assess Health Bills"
Reed Abelson
The New York Times Prescriptions Blog, November 13, 2009

"Bending the Curve with Carrots and Sticks"
John Wennberg and Shannon Brownlee
Health Affairs Blog, November 12, 2009

"10 Ways to Cut Health-Care Costs Right Now"
Catherine Arnst
BusinessWeek, November 12, 2009

"How to Save Billions On Health Care Now"
Jonathan LaPook
CBS News, November 12, 2009

"Other People's Money"
Robert Langreth
Forbes, November 12, 2009

"Good Medicine: When to Say No to Your Doctor"
Robert Langreth
Forbes, November 12, 2009

"AHA report disputes geographic healthcare spending theory"
Gregg Blesch
Modern Healthcare, November 12, 2009

"Turning Healthcare Reform Losers into Winners"
John Kenagy
The Huffington Post, November 12, 2009

"Increasing The Ranks Of Doctors"
Lee Bowman
Scripps Howard News Service, November 10, 2009

"The Bad Politics of Health Care Reform"
Derek Thompson
The Atlantic, November 9, 2009

"Special Report: Are doctors what ails U.S. healthcare?"
Chris Baltimore
Reuters, November 6, 2009

"Quality: A Thoughtful Critique of ACOs"
Tom Emswiler
The New America Foundation Health Dialogue Blog, November 5, 2009

"Making Health Care Better"
David Leonhardt
The New York Times Magazine, November 3, 2009

"Hospitals Cite Worry on Fees in Health Bill"
Anemona Hartocollis
The New York Times, November 2, 2009

"Higher hospital spending linked to better outcomes"
Doug Trapp
American Medical News, November 2, 2009

"The Conversation: Cut health costs? Here's a prescription"
Micah Weinberg
The Sacramento Bee, October 31, 2009

"South Texas Health System settles fraud lawsuit"
Sean Gaffney
The Brownsville Herald, October 30, 2009

"Report Backs White House Claim Of $700 Billion In Wasteful Health Spending"
Christopher Weaver
NPR Health Blog, October 29, 2009

"A Healthier Way to Pay Doctors"
Jeffrey Kluger
Time, October 26, 2009

"Health Care: More Evidence about the $700 Billion Waste"
Joanne Kenen
The New America Foundation Health Dialogue Blog, October 26, 2009

"Critics put up false roadblocks to Medicare payment reform"
Lawrence J. Massa
The Minneapolis Star Tribune, October 23, 2009

"Pittsburgh-area hospitals find savings by reducing readmissions"
Kris B. Mamula
The Pittsburgh Business Times, October 23, 2009

"Attacking Dartmouth Atlas Is Off-Target"
Shannon Brownlee
Kaiser Health News, October 22, 2009

"The Uneven Cost of Rural Health Care"
Bill Bishop and Julie Ardery
The Daily Yonder, October 21, 2009

"St. Anthony fears taking big hit with health reform"
Douglas Burns
The Daily Times Herald (Carroll, IA), October 20, 2009

"Health-care cure or anomaly?"
Stacey Burling
The Philadelphia Inquirer, October 18, 2009

"Key senator: Healthcare cost disparities must end"
John Dorschner
The Miami Herald, October 17, 2009

"California Hospital Study: Sometimes Spending More Actually Does Save Lives"
Reed Abelson
The New York Times Prescriptions Blog, October 14, 2009

"Changes in Medicare, Medicaid could benefit Minnesota"
Britt Robson
Finance and Commerce, October 14, 2009

"Mayo Clinic Faulted for Limiting Medicare Patients"
Alec MacGillis
The Washington Post, October 13, 2009

"Current Health Care Legislation Will Not Control Medical Costs, Experts Warn"
David M. Herszenhorn
The New York Times Prescriptions Blog, October 12, 2009

"Making Health Care 'Accountable'"
Michelle Andrews
The New York Times Prescriptions Blog, October 9, 2009

"A Real Health-Care Fix Would Save You $7,100"
Jack Hough
SmartMoney, October 9, 2009

"The Telltale Wombs Of Lewiston, Maine"
Alix Spiegel
National Public Radio, October 8, 2009

"Reduce the Deficit by Spending $829 Billion. Huh?"
David M. Herszenhorn
The New York Times Prescriptions Blog, October 7, 2009

"Report: Louisville, Clark County, Ind., Medicare billings higher than national average"
James R. Carroll
The Courier-Journal (Louisville, KY), October 7, 2009

"Medicare use found to vary significantly by location"
Doug Trapp
American Medical News, October 5, 2009

"What's behind rising health costs? Lots"
Stacey Burling
The Philadelphia Inquirer, October 4, 2009

"Medicare billings in Nashville top the norm"
Maureen Groppe
The Tennessean, October 3, 2009

"Nearly a quarter of Florida residents under 65 have no health insurance"
Drew Harwell and Andy Boyle
The St. Petersburg Times, October 2, 2009

"If medical coverage extends to all, will there be enough primary care doctors?"
Letitia Stein
The St. Petersburg Times, September 30, 2009

"Mayo Clinic's Model"
Henry Weil
The Washington Post, September 29, 2009

"Stronger Health Through Enhanced Information"
Brian Alexander
Center for American Progress, September 29, 2009

"Cost of Care: Focus on cost efficiency, quality pays off for Temple-based Scott & White Healthcare"
Robert T. Garrett and Jim Landers
The Dallas Morning News, September 28, 2009

"The high cost of health in Chicago"
Mike Colias
Chicago Business Today, September 28, 2009

"It's Time For A Chronic Health Care Bailout"
Jane Sarasohn-Kahn
Kaiser Health News, September 24, 2009

"Cantwell offers solid ideas on health care"
Editorial
The Spokesman-Review (Spokane, WA), September 23, 2009

"The Misleading Attack on the Dartmouth Research"
Maggie Mahar
The Century Foundation blog, September 23, 2009

"Doin' The Health Reform Hokey Pokey"
Jim Jaffe
The Huffington Post, September 22, 2009

"Mayo says Medicare changes needed in Obama plan"
Elizabeth Stawicki
Minnesota Public Radio, September 22, 2009

"Minnesota scores big win with new Medicare language in health care bill"
Cynthia Dizikes
MinnPost, September 22, 2009

"Collaboration can help communities cut care costs"
Editorial
The Dallas Morning News, September 22, 2009

"Is the Mayo Clinic a Model Or a Mirage? Jury Is Still Out"
Alec MacGillis and Rob Stein
The Washington Post, September 20, 2009

"Medicare bills high at Los Angeles hospitals"
Lisa Girion
The Los Angeles Times, September 20, 2009

"Dallas sees no relief in health care expenses as competition drives up costs"
Jim Landers
The Dallas Morning News, September 20, 2009

"Medicare for All? 'Crazy,' 'Socialized' and Unlikely"
Katharine Q. Seelye
The New York Times Prescriptions Blog, September 19, 2009

"Health Care Reform - A Moral Issue of Social Justice"
Larry Donohue
The Seattle Post-Intelligencer City Brights blog, September 17, 2009

"How health care costs got so high"
Hiran Ratnayake
The News Journal (Delaware), September 15, 2009

"The Healthcare Conversation We'd Rather Not Have: How Other People's Money Protects Us from Difficult Choices"
David Paul
The Huffington Post, September 14, 2009

"The cost of dying: How much is worth it?"
John Russell
The Indianapolis Star, September 13, 2009

"The Case for Killing Granny: Rethinking end-of-life care"
Evan Thomas
Newsweek, September 12, 2009

"La Crosse health care systems offer a model of efficiency"
Guy Boulton
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, September 12, 2009

"Minnesota to Obama: Reward quality care"
Jeremy Olson
The St. Paul Pioneer Press, September 12, 2009

"Living In A 'Medical Home'"
Susan Brink
Kaiser Health News, September 11, 2009

"Regional Variations in Health Care and the Dartmouth Research"
Maggie Mahar
The Century Foundation blog, September 10, 2009

"Mayo Clinic 'Model' at Center of Health Care Debate"
Robin Roberts, Karson Yiu and Erin Brady
Nightline, September 9, 2009

"Boost Primary Care For Better, Cheaper Health Care"
Scott Hensley
NPR Health Blog, September 9, 2009

"A primer on healthcare reform"
David Gulliver
Sarasota Health News, September 9, 2009

"Intermountain Healthcare lauded, but Utah lawmakers not sold"
Lee Davidson
Deseret News, September 9, 2009

"Better care, pay less: Some communities find a way"
Lauran Neergaard
The Associated Press, September 8, 2009

"Regional Variations in Health Care and the Dartmouth Research"
Maggie Mahar
The Century Foundation blog, September 10, 2009

"Who Will Care for the Newly Insured?"
Michelle Andrews
The New York Times Prescriptions Blog, September 5, 2009

"Milwaukee moving toward integrated medical systems"
Guy Boulton
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, September 5, 2009

"Health Co-Ops' Allure Could Prove Unrealistic on National Scale"
Catherine Dodge
Bloomberg, September 4, 2009

"The Case Against the Public Insurance Option"
Jeffrey Brown
The NewsHour, September 2, 2009

"Smart Bombs: Layaway is American way"
Gary Crooks
The Spokesman-Review (Spokane, WA), September 2, 2009

"Money-Driven Medicine - The Real Reason Health Care Costs So Much"
Bill Moyers and Maggie Mahar
Bill Moyers Journal, September 1, 2009

"The Dark Side Of Prostate Cancer Screening"
Robert Langreth
Forbes.com, August 31, 2009

"Accountable care organizations: A new idea for managing Medicare"
Jane Cys
American Medical News, August 31, 2009

"Prostate Treatment Wasted $40 Billion, Scientist Says"
Rob Waters
Bloomberg, August 31, 2009

"Intermountain Healthcare: A model system?"
Lisa Rosetta
The Salt Lake Tribune, August 30, 2009

"Health care is the elephant in the room"
Scott Burns
The Austin American-Statesman, August 30, 2009

"Rationing Health Care: Issue Must Be Confronted"
The Valley News, August 30, 2009

"As nation debates health reform, Everett models a system that works well"
Eric Stevick
The Herald (Everett, WA), August 30, 2009

"Hindsight"
Jonathan Cohn
The New Republic, August 28, 2009

"Would tort reform make a difference in health care?"
Dan Margolies
The Kansas City Star, August 28, 2009

"Congress must change perverse payment incentives"
The Billings Gazette, August 28, 2009

"Carilion Clinic to launch 'accountable care' program"
Virginia Business, August 27, 2009

"Access to quality, affordable health care should be goal"
Jeffrey Korsmo
The State Journal-Register (Springfield, IL), August 27, 2009

"Writer's Block: The Real Cost Of Health Care"
William Kerr
The Press & Dakotan, August 27, 2009

"Oregon spends less but achieves equal or better health results to states that spend more on care"
Joe Rojas-Burke
The Oregonian, August 26, 2009

"Smart Bombs: Maintenance required soon"
Gary Crooks
The Spokesman-Review (Spokane, WA), August 26, 2009

"Local debates may shape the direction of health care"
Jim Landers
The Dallas Morning News, August 25, 2009

"Health Care Reform: Mayo Clinic earning praise"
Jeremy Cox
The Florida Times-Union, August 25, 2009

"Who Says How Much Evidence Is Enough?"
Scott Hensley
NPR Health Blog, August 24, 2009

"Cutting question"
Kay Lazar
The Boston Globe, August 24, 2009

"Scared Sick"
Kent Bernhard, Jr.
Portfolio.com, August 24, 2009

"Great Care, Cheap"
Chris Newmarker
Portfolio.com, August 24, 2009

"California Healing"
Chris Rauber
Portfolio.com, August 24, 2009

"Promise and peril in overhaul of health care"
Michael Martz
The Richmond Times-Dispatch, August 23, 2009

"At life's end"
Letitia Stein
The St. Petersburg Times, August 23, 2009

"Kennedy illness symbol in debate"
Jeanne Cummings
Politico, August 23, 2009

"Health care reform silent on malpractice"
Jerry Zremski
The Buffalo News, August 22, 2009

"The multimillion-dollar conversation"
Julie Rosen
The Boston Business Journal, August 21, 2009

"U.S. health care needs systemic change"
David Ignatius
The Washington Post, August 20, 2009

"At the End, Offering Not a Cure but Comfort"
Anemona Hartocollis
The New York Times, August 19, 2009

"Health-care debate has serious flaws"
John Toussaint and Dan Ariens
myCentralJersey.com, August 18, 2009

"Distortion kills sensible health reform"
The Times-News (Hendersonville, NC), August 18, 2009

"End-of-Life Care: Addendum"
Uwe E. Reinhardt
The New York Times Economix Blog, August 17, 2009

"Spending on health care hard to corral"
Keith Darcé
The Union-Tribune (San Diego, CA), August 16, 2009

"Pardee a leader in reform"
The Times-News (Hendersonville, NC), August 16, 2009

"Tort reform doesn't cut health costs"
The Lexington Herald-Leader, August 16, 2009

"End-of-life dialogue is vital but stifled in healthcare reform debate"
John Dorschner
The Miami Herald, August 15, 2009

"Grand Junction, Colo. could be a model for healthcare reform"
Conrad Wilson
The Christian Science Monitor, August 15, 2009

"Obama To Push Health Care In Colorado"
Scott Horsley
National Public Radio, August 14, 2009

"Obama headed to Colo. town lauded for medical care"
Kristen Wyatt
The Associated Press, August 14, 2009

"Grand Junction a microcosm of efficient healthcare"
Nicholas Riccardi
The Los Angeles Times, August 14, 2009

"No Death Panels At Cleveland Clinic"
Robert Lenzner
Forbes, August 14, 2009

"Your Doctor Is Like A Mechanic"
David Kestenbaum
National Public Radio Planet Money podcast, August 14, 2009

"Gold-Standard Health Care: 10 Lessons From Grand Junction, Colorado"
Mary Winter
PoliticsDaily, August 14, 2009

"10 Steps to Better Health Care"
Atul Gawande, Donald Berwick, Elliott Fisher and Mark McClellan
The New York Times, August 12, 2009

"Tri-State Dominates List of Priciest Places for Health Care"
Jennifer Millman
NBC New York, August 12, 2009

"Area's economical health care offers lesson on keeping costs in check"
Henry L. Davis
The Buffalo News, August 12, 2009

"End-of-life planning is no conspiracy"
Muriel R. Gillick
The Boston Globe, August 12, 2009

"Most Expensive Places For Health Care"
Rebecca Ruiz
Forbes, August 10, 2009

"No spendthrift, state has ballooning health care bill"
J. Patrick Coolican
The Las Vegas Sun, August 10, 2009

"Mission backs co-op plan"
Joel Burgess
The Citizen-Times (Asheville, NC), August 10, 2009

"Fixing Healthcare, Part One: An Inventory of Cost-Containment"
Philip K. Howard
The Atlantic, August 6, 2009

"Waste and Inefficiency in Hospitals: A Hospitalist Tells His Residents the Truth"
Maggie Mahar
Health Beat blog, August 6, 2009

"Model of good health"
Tammy R. Lawson
The Times-Republican (Iowa), August 6, 2009

"Studies find spinal procedure no more effective than placebo"
Thomas H. Maugh II
The Los Angeles Times, August 6, 2009

"Common Spine Surgery Shows No Benefit"
Robert Langreth
Forbes, August 5, 2009

"Studies Question Using Cement for Spine Injuries"
Denise Grady
The New York Times, August 5, 2009

"Study: Treating Fractured Vertebrae May Not Help"
Joanne Silberner
National Public Radio, August 5, 2009

"Is a Common Medical Procedure Unnecessary?"
Jonathan LaPook
CBS Evening News, August 5, 2009

"Back treatment for elderly no better than fake one"
Stephanie Nano
The Associated Press, August 5, 2009

"Common spine surgery ineffective in two studies"
Gene Emery
Reuters, August 5, 2009

"Will a Public Option Hurt Insurance Company Profits?"
Brett Arends
The Wall Street Journal, August 5, 2009

"Consumer Reports launches rating system for U.S. hospitals"
Richard Pizzi
Healthcare Finance News, August 5, 2009

"Leppert, insurance exec focus on Dallas health care's high costs"
Jason Roberson
The Dallas Morning News, August 5, 2009

"The Informed Patient: Weighty Choices, in Patients' Hands"
Laura Landro
The Wall Street Journal, August 4, 2009

"5 South Florida hospitals score above average"
John Dorschner
The Miami Herald, August 4, 2009

"We need to get health-care reform right"
Harry Jacobson
The Tennessean, August 4, 2009

"Medicare benefits vary widely by region"
Robert Powell
MarketWatch, August 3, 2009

"Consumer Reports now reviewing, rating hospitals"
Tiffany Hsu
The Los Angeles Times California Consumer blog, August 3, 2009

"McAllen's Medicare spending prompts call for government study"
Jeremy Roebuck
The Brownsville Herald, August 3, 2009

"'Broken' health system can learn from heart treatment"
Steve Sternberg
USA Today, August 2, 2009

"Dallas region ranks among top U.S. spenders for health care, leading hospitals, insurers to seek cures for rising costs"
Jim Landers
The Dallas Morning News, August 2, 2009

"No good deed goes unpunished"
Jill Burcum
The Minneapolis Star Tribune, August 2, 2009

"Marshalltown a model for medical care use"
Tony Leys
The Des Moines Register, August 2, 2009

"Medicare commission a step closer to fair funds"
The Spokesman-Review (Spokane, WA), July 30, 2009

"Insight: Why dollars alone won't fix US healthcare"
Peter Aldhous and Jim Giles
The New Scientist, July 29, 2009

"Fixing Medicare? Equity is issue"
Kevin Diaz
The Minneapolis Star Tribune, July 29, 2009

"Making health care affordable"
Amy Klobuchar
The Bemidji Pioneer (Minnesota), July 29, 2009

"Health program brings back house calls"
Sarah Avery
The News & Observer (Raleigh, NC), July 29, 2009

"Yes, models for cost-efficient health care do exist"
Jim Landers
The Dallas Morning News, July 28, 2009

"Rethink endless health spending at end of life"
Myrt Levin
The Des Moines Register, July 28, 2009

"The Scary Reason Healthcare Can't Be Reformed"
Joe Weisenthal
The Business Insider, July 27, 2009

"Health costs -- no quick fix"
John Stobo and Tom Rosenthal
The Los Angeles Times, July 27, 2009

"What Counts as a Sacrifice in Health Reform?"
Jonathan Cohn
Kaiser Health News, July 27, 2009

"The Costs Of Health Care, Political And Financial"
Terry Gross
National Public Radio, July 27, 2009

"The Health-Care Sacrifice"
The Washington Post, July 26, 2009

"The Good, and Bad, of Heart Care"
David Leonhardt
The New York Times Economix Blog, July 26, 2009

"Va. hospitals balking at proposed cuts in Medicare"
Christina Nuckols
The Virginian-Pilot & The Ledger-Star, July 26, 2009

"Health care reform means peace of mind"
Monitor staff
The Concord Monitor, July 26, 2009

"Are MDs diagnosing us into the poorhouse?"
David Futrelle
CNNMoney.com, July 25, 2009

"Economics are another Mayo 'miracle' for patients and insurers"
Jeff Hansel
The Post-Bulletin (Rochester, MN), July 25, 2009

"A German Import That Could Help U.S. Health Reform"
Uwe E. Reinhardt
The New York Times Economix Blog, July 24, 2009

"Healthcare blinders"
David Osborne
The Boston Globe, July 24, 2009

"Replicating Cleveland Clinic's Success Poses Major Challenges"
Vanessa Fuhrmans
The Wall Street Journal, July 23, 2009

"Obama Visits Clinic Known for Quality Care, Controlling Costs"
David Brown
The Washington Post, July 23, 2009

"Health care debate in Congress: Minnesota delegation unites in opposing funding plan"
Cynthia Dizikes
MinnPost, July 23, 2009

"Will Obama's health push be beginning of the end -- or turning point?"
David Rogers
Politico, July 23, 2009

"Putting Health Reform's Costs in Perspective"
Maggie Mahar
The Century Foundation blog, July 23, 2009

"Providers Endorse 'Pay for Value' Proposals"
Ceci Connolly
The Washington Post Daily Dose blog, July 22, 2009

"Providing Better Health Care For Less Money"
Julie Rovner
National Public Radio, July 22, 2009

"Health Care Experts Examine Top Performing, Low Cost Communities"
Kaiser Health News, July 22, 2009

"How'd they do that - and how can we do it elsewhere?"
John Lumpkin
RWJF Health Reform Galaxy Blog, July 22, 2009

"Obama: Overtreatment Drives Health-Care Costs"
Scott Horsley
National Public Radio, July 21, 2009

"Health care system can ill afford to continue with fee-for-service"
Jim Landers
The Dallas Morning News, July 21, 2009

"Carilion to test cost-lowering program"
Sarah Bruyn Jones
The Roanoke Times, July 21, 2009

"Why care costs so much"
Karen Garloch
The News & Observer (Raleigh, NC), July 21, 2009

"Health care stakes high in Florida"
Maureen Groppe and Eun Kyung Kim
The News-Press (Fort Myers, FL), July 19, 2009

"SD sets standard in Medicare expenses"
The Associated Press, July 18, 2009

"Budget Blow for Health Plan"
Pete Davis
Capital Gains and Games, July 18, 2009

"Step 1: Get Everyone Health Insurance. Step 2: Afford It"
Martha Bebinger
WBUR News, July 17, 2009

"S.D. sets standard in Medicare"
Jon Walker
The Argus Leader, July 15, 2009

"Are Patients The Problem?"
National Public Radio, July 13, 2009

"Area Medicare costs lowest in the state"
Tom Wilber
The Binghamton Press & Sun-Bulletin, July 12, 2009

"Could health care in Winona become a national model?"
Mark Sommerhauser
The Winona Daily News, July 12, 2009

"Die sooner, save money"
James K. Schroeder
The Grand Junction Free Press, July 10, 2009

"Costly and Dangerous Treatments Weigh Down Health Care"
Ellen-Marie Whelan and Sonia Sekhar
Center for American Progress, July 9, 2009

"Nation's 10 Least Expensive Medicare Markets"
Philip Moeller
U.S.News & World Report, The Best Life blog, July 9, 2009

"Look out, Baltimore, health care reform is on the way"
Jay Hancock
The Daily Press, July 8, 2009

"The Nation's 10 Costliest Medicare Markets"
Philip Moeller
U.S.News & World Report, The Best Life blog, July 7, 2009

"Obama Health Plan: Reform Might Be Heavy On The Mayo"
Peter Benesh
Investor's Business Daily, July 6, 2009

"Mayo Clinic hopes to spread model of medical efficiency"
Lorna Benson
Minnesota Public Radio, July 5, 2009

"Health care reform"
Sandra Miller
The Hampton Roads Women's Business Examiner, July 4, 2009

"More health care isn't better, just more expensive"
The St. Louis Post-Dispatch, July 3, 2009

"Reform Health Care Now: End-of-life costs are too high"
Russell Turk
DailyFinance, July 3, 2009

"Across the Country, Some Systems Are Getting It Right"
Newt Gingrich
The Washington Post Health Care Rx blog, July 2, 2009

"Doctors Say Health Care Rationing Already Exists"
Scott Horsley
National Public Radio, July 1, 2009

"President Obama's plan for health care reform"
Kimberly Spaulding
The Hartford Special Interests Examiner, July 1, 2009

"The Key to Fixing Health Care and Energy: Use Less"
Michael Grunwald
Time, June 29, 2009

"A Painless Way To Hold Down Health Costs?"
Julie Rovner
National Public Radio, June 29, 2009

"In Silicon Valley, higher Medicare spending, more hospitalization"
Mike Swift and April Dembosky
The San Jose Mercury News, June 28, 2009

"Area efforts to hold down health costs a template for success elsewhere"
Alan Bavley
The Kansas City Star, June 28, 2009

"In search of a health plan"
Brian Duggan
The Bismarck Tribune, June 28, 2009

"Michigan will feel the impact of any health care reform"
The Lansing State Journal, June 28, 2009

"Minnesota's Medicare payment disparity could be impetus for national reform"
Jeremy Olson
The St. Paul Pioneer Press, June 27, 2009

"Healthcare reform poses benefits and risks to South Florida economy"
John Dorschner
The Miami Herald, June 27, 2009

"Springfield hospitals beat average Medicare costs"
Jeremy Elwood
The Springfield Business Journal (Missouri), June 27, 2009

"Dartmouth researcher says the way doctors are paid should change"
Bob Kinzel
Vermont Public Radio News, June 26, 2009

"Health Care Faces the 'R' Word"
Michael Kinsley
The Washington Post, June 26, 2009

"Heading for the emergency room"
The Economist, June 25, 2009

"A world of Methuselahs"
The Economist, June 25, 2009

"Vermont doctors support Welch payment plan"
Bob Kinzel
Vermont Public Radio News, June 25, 2009

"Miami leads nation in Medicare spending"
Deborah Shlian
The Miami Health Care Examiner, June 24, 2009

"Cantwell says Washington's health care a model to follow"
Joe Chapman
The News Tribune (Tacoma, WA), June 24, 2009

"Hinge pay on outcomes to trim cost of Medicare"
The Spokesman-Review (Spokane, WA), June 24, 2009

"The Cost Conundrum Redux"
Atul Gawande
The New Yorker News Desk Blog, June 23, 2009

"America's Health Care Priorities II: Doctors, Hospitals and the Quality of Care"
Catherine Rampell
The New York Times Economix Blog, June 23, 2009

"A Pound of Cure"
Andy Kessler
Technology Review, July/August 2009

"Smarter patients, cheaper care? Better-informed medical decisions could cut billions in health-care costs as patients opt for cheaper treatments"
John Carey
BusinessWeek, June 22, 2009

"Diagnosing the problem"
The Los Angeles Times, June 22, 2009

"Scrubbing In: Good health care doesn't come cheap"
Rachel K. Sobel
The Philadelphia Inquirer, June 22, 2009

"Worcester Medicare Costs Highest In State"
Livia Gershon
The Worcester Business Journal, June 22, 2009

"S.D. may be model in health care push"
Jeff Martin
The Argus Leader (Sioux Falls, SD), June 22, 2009

"A key to health care: same cost everywhere"
Letitia Stein
The St. Petersburg Times, June 21, 2009

"Health costs not on critical list in Memphis"
Alex Doniach
Memphis Commercial Appeal, June 21, 2009

"New AMA president, a Texan, emerges as key player in health care debate"
Dave Michaels
The Dallas Morning News, June 21, 2009

"Our Opinion: Heartland health care: A model for the nation"
Tom Dennis
The Grand Forks Herald, June 21, 2009

"More may not always be better in health care"
John W. Schoen
MSNBC.com, June 19, 2009

"Getting to the root of skyrocketing health care costs"
Marshall Helmberger
The Timberjay Newspapers, June 19, 2009

"How to Cut Health-Care Costs: Less Care, More Data"
Michael Grunwald
Time, June 18, 2009

"What you need to know about health care reform"
Elizabeth Cohen
CNN.com, June 18, 2009

"The high rate of back surgeries in Bend"
Betsy Q. Cliff
The Bulletin (Bend, OR), June 18, 2009

"Editorial: Parameters for the health care debate"
The Dallas Morning News, June 18, 2009

"Doctors' Pay, a Key to Health Care Reform"
The Editors
The New York Times Room for Debate blog, June 18, 2009

"Geography And The Keys To Health Care Reform"
Amitabh Chandra
Health Affairs Blog, June 18, 2009

"Congressmen Introduce Incentive-Laden Health Legislation"
Talk Radio News Service, June 18, 2009

"Follow the money in Rx debate"
Cynthia Tucker
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, June 17, 2009

"Reform needs to improve Medicare reimbursements"
Dennis R. Horrigan
The Buffalo News, June 17, 2009

"Where health care costs the most (and least)"
David Futrelle
Money, June 16, 2009

"Hospice program offers peace of mind to patients, caregivers"
Amy Hamilton
The Grand Junction Daily Sentinel, June 16, 2009

"Health Reform for Beginners: The Suprisingly Important, Occasionally Controversial, Dartmouth Atlas Studies"
Ezra Klein
The Washington Post, June 15, 2009

"Analysis: Doctors' boos show Obama's tough road"
Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar
The Associated Press, June 15, 2009

"The Road from McAllen to El Paso"
Harold S. Luft
The Health Care Blog, June 15, 2009

"High noon on the Hill for health care reform"
Carolyn Lochhead
The San Francisco Chronicle, June 14, 2009

"Reform requires universal coverage, strong private market"
The Miami Herald, June 14, 2009

"Lesson from a bad health care example"
Monitor staff
The Concord Monitor, June 14, 2009

"Is More Care Better Care?"
Jonathan Skinner
The New York Times Economix Blog, June 13, 2009

"Something's Got to Give in Medicare Spending"
Tyler Cowen
The New York Times, June 13, 2009

"Doctors and the Cost of Care"
The New York Times, June 13, 2009

"Gawande Calls On New Doctors to Join the Battle"
Maggie Mahar
Health Beat blog, June 12, 2009

"Expert: Health Care Cost, Quality Not Linked"
Michele Norris
National Public Radio, June 11, 2009

"Wisconsin no stranger to health care debate"
CNN.com, June 11, 2009

"Obama Administration Finds Health-Care Model in Green Bay"
Ceci Connolly
The Washington Post, June 11, 2009

"How numbers crunchers shape health reform"
Tom Curry
MSNBC, June 11, 2009

"Obama invited to tour valley health insurer"
Gary Harmon
The Grand Junction Daily Sentinel, June 11, 2009

"Obama: 'Doing nothing' about health care not an option"
Corrinne Hess
bizjournals.com, June 11, 2009

"Can regions that spend a lot on health care help pay for reform?"
Nancy Metcalf
Consumer Reports Health Blog, June 11, 2009

"New Yorker Health-Care Article A Must Read"
Frank James
NPR News Blog, June 11, 2009

"Op-Ed Contributor: Health reform possible without growing government"
Judd Gregg
Yahoo! News, June 11, 2009

"President pressing health care overhaul"
Guy Boulton
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, June 10, 2009

"Pressure mounts to cut healthcare costs in South Florida"
John Dorschner
The Miami Herald, June 10, 2009

"Fixing Health Care Starts With the Doctors"
Steven Pearlstein
The Washington Post, June 10, 2009

"New Yorker Article Sparks Strong Reaction"
Jenny Gold and Kate Steadman
Kaiser Health News, June 10, 2009

"It's the waste, stupid"
Mike Painter
RWJF Health Reform Galaxy Blog, June 10, 2009

"Decision Makers Differ on How To Mend Broken Health System"
Ceci Connolly
The Washington Post, June 9, 2009

"Health Reform: Costs, Variations in Care & Public Insurance"
Jacob Goldstein
The Wall Street Journal health blog, June 9, 2009

"Obama looking at McAllen healthcare costs"
Sean Gaffney
The Monitor (McAllen, TX), June 9, 2009

"Today's NYT's on the Dartmouth Research"
Maggie Mahar
Health Beat blog, June 9, 2009

"A Texas-Size Medical Lesson"
Froma Harrop
RealClearPolitics, June 9, 2009

"Giving Patients the Data They Need"
John Carey
BusinessWeek, June 9, 2009

"Uninformed Consent Costly For Patients?"
Jonathan LaPook
CBS Evening News, June 9, 2009

"Angioplasty Doubts"
Jonathan LaPook
CBS Evening News, June 8, 2009

"Health Care Spending Disparities Stir a Fight"
Robert Pear
The New York Times, June 8, 2009

"Big Business Can Be Hazardous to Your Health"
Alex Gibney
The Atlantic, June 8, 2009

"Obama's Health Cost Illusion"
The Wall Street Journal, June 8, 2009

"Harkin: 'We aren't dancing around the edges' of health reform"
Lynda Waddington
The Iowa Independent, June 8, 2009

"Data-Driven Health Care: An Interview with Jerry Reeves, MD"
Richard L. Reece
The Health Care Blog, June 8, 2009

"New efforts ease decision-making"
Stacey Burling
The Philadelphia Inquirer, June 7, 2009

"Using Value to Curb Health Costs"
Alain Enthoven and Denis Cortese
The Washington Post, June 6, 2009

"Another Blow for Angioplasty"
John Carey
BusinessWeek, June 5, 2009

"St. Vincent's leads the state in hip and knee replacement surgeries"
Jeremy Cox
The Florida Times-Union, June 5, 2009

"The 'Health Care' In Health Care Reform"
Stephen Huth
Health Reform Talk, June 5, 2009

"Cleveland Clinic praised by President Barack Obama for efficiency, control of costs"
Sarah Jane Tribble
The Cleveland Plain Dealer, June 4, 2009

"What Could Insurers Do to Make Plans Easier to Understand?"
Anna Wilde Mathews
The Wall Street Journal health blog, June 4, 2009

"'MedPac on Steroids'"
Maggie Mahar
The Century Foundation blog, June 4, 2009

"Back To Normal: Surgery Improves Outcomes For Spine Patients, Study Finds"
ScienceDaily, June 3, 2009

"Mesa County health care in national spotlight"
Amy Hamilton
The Grand Junction Daily Sentinel, June 3, 2009

"Opinion: A tale of two cities"
Gary Crooks
The Spokesman-Review (Spokane, WA), June 3, 2009

"Dr. Atul Gawande and the Fight for the Soul of American MedicinePart 2: Why It Does Matter Who Pays For Care"
Maggie Mahar
Health Beat blog, June 2, 2009

"Baylor hospital, feds agree on curbing health costs, but how?"
Jim Landers
The Dallas Morning News, June 2, 2009

"$2.5 trillion-plus question: How to pay for health care?"
The Des Moines Register, June 2, 2009

"The Cost Conundrum: What a Texas town can teach us about health care"
Atul Gawande
The New Yorker, June 1, 2009

"Senate panel finishes health reform hearings, foresees bill by mid-June"
Doug Trapp
American Medical News, June 1, 2009

"N.J. Hospital Fight Foreshadows Health Reform Challenges"
Jordan Rau
Kaiser Health News, June 1, 2009

"Using Medicare Data to Understand Growth in US Healthcare"
Mary Gabb
Health Outcomes Communicator, May 31, 2009

"How the Dartmouth Atlas data continues to make the case for change"
Risa Lavizzo-Mourey
RWJF Health Reform Galaxy Blog, May 29, 2009

"McAllen health care among most expensive in nation, magazine says"
Ryan Holeywell
The Monitor (McAllen, TX), May 27, 2009

"Health insurer suggests ways to save gov't $500B"
Erica Werner
The Associated Press, May 27, 2009

"Health Affairs Study Finds No Link Between Cost, Quality of Care"
Kaiser Daily Health Policy Report, May 27, 2009

"Dr. Atul Gawande on the 'Fight for the Soul of American Medicine'Part 1"
Maggie Mahar
Health Beat blog, May 27, 2009

"Hospice: A Touchy Subject for Many"
Allie Montgomery
Health News, May 27, 2009

"You deserve answers about the risks, benefits of medical care"
Orly Avitzur
Consumer Reports Health Blog, May 26, 2009

"Rockefeller Looks to Empower MedPAC"
Ceci Connolly
The Washington Post Daily Dose blog, May 26, 2009

"Orszag Takes Task Truman Began in Health-Care Overhaul"
Michael Tackett
Bloomberg, May 26, 2009

"Medical providers get 'homework' to find savings"
Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar
The Associated Press, May 25, 2009

"Does it compute?"
Jean DerGurahian
Modern Healthcare, May 25, 2009

"Without equity changes, plan could hurt Iowa"
C. Edward Brown
The Des Moines Register, May 24, 2009

"Thought Leaders Propose Health Reforms, But Will They Work?"
Ken Terry
BNET Healthcare, May 22, 2009

"Advocate for others fights to die at home"
Kay Lazar
The Boston Globe, May 22, 2009

"Defining health care"
Michael J. Pramenko
The Grand Junction Free Press, May 22, 2009

"Study: Hospitals That Charge More Fare Worse On Quality Measures"
Jacob Goldstein
The Wall Street Journal health blog, May 21, 2009

"Physicians Can Lead Health Care Reform Through Payment And Delivery System Reforms"
Mary Mahon
Medical News Today, May 21, 2009

"Is There a Cure for Miami's Soaring Health-Care Costs?"
Tim Padgett
Time, May 20, 2009

"Greater spending not tied to higher quality, study says"
Jean DerGurahian
Modern Healthcare, May 20, 2009

"Average Miami family pays $20,000 in health costs"
John Dorschner
The Miami Herald, May 19, 2009

"Welch takes local health reforms to D.C."
Nancy Remsen
The Burlington Free Press, May 19, 2009

"Health Costs Are the Real Deficit Threat"
Peter R. Orszag
The Wall Street Journal, May 15, 2009

"Solving the Health-Care Conundrum"
Rick Wartzman
BusinessWeek, May 15, 2009

"Can we really save $2 trillion on health care?"
David Futrelle
CNNMoney.com, May 15, 2009

"South Florida sends Obama ideas for healthcare reform"
John Dorschner
The Miami Herald, May 15, 2009

"Two Trillion Dollars! Would the health care industry's cost-cutting plan really save that much?"
Christopher Beam and Timothy Noah
Slate, May 11, 2009

"Jake Tapper on Health Care Reform"
ABC News, May 11, 2009

"If we want to improve costs and care, size up treatments"
Reginald M. Ballantyne III
The Arizona Republic, May 10, 2009

"Transition coaches could help patients from hospital to home"
Gary Harmon
The Grand Junction Daily Sentinel, May 8, 2009

"Money Talks: Can Peter Orszag keep the President's political goals economically viable?"
Ryan Lizza
The New Yorker, May 4, 2009

"Red Pills, Blue Pills"
Merrill Goozner
GoozNews, May 3, 2009

"ObamaHealth: The Prognosis at 100 Days"
R.J. Eskow
The Huffington Post, April 29, 2009

"Better Information, Better Decisions"
Ellen-Marie Whelan
Center for American Progress, April 28, 2009

"What's in a number? Cost variance figure drives policy and courts controversy"
Doug Trapp
American Medical News, April 27, 2009

"This time, health reform may really happen"
Ned Helms
The Concord Monitor, April 26, 2009

"Getting more care into health care"
Elizabeth Strother
The Roanoke Times, April 26, 2009

"Experimenting with Medicare"
Maggie Mahar
The Century Foundation blog, April 24, 2009

"Health Politics: It's the Other Guy Getting the Unnecessary Care"
Joanne Kenen
The New America Foundation Health Dialogue Blog, April 22, 2009

"Who Receives Unnecessary Health Care? 'Not Me!'"
Tim Foley
Change.org Health Care Blog, April 22, 2009

"Biggest medical mystery: The bill"
Parija B. Kavilanz
CNNMoney.com, April 22, 2009

"Malpractice damage caps not a cure for high health care costs"
Jim Landers
The Dallas Morning News, April 21, 2009

"A remedy to our health care woes"
Spencer R. Berthelsen
The Houston Chronicle, April 19, 2009

"Medicare eyes costs in Miami"
John Dorschner
The Miami Herald, April 14, 2009

"Considering surgery for back pain? Read this to help you decide"
Consumer Reports Health Blog, April 7, 2009

"How Kaiser Permanente Went Paperless"
Rachael King
BusinessWeek, April 7, 2009

"Health Care Reform: Dollars and Sense"
Pat S.
Health Beat blog, April 7, 2009

"A 'total cure' for health care?"
Jocelyn Dong
Palo Alto Online, April 5, 2009

"Limb-saving trial shows promise"
Jill Coley
The Post and Courier (Charleston, SC), April 5, 2009

"Hospitals can save by doing less"
Maggie Fox
Reuters, April 3, 2009

"Hospital capacity varies widely: Dartmouth Atlas"
Melanie Evans
Modern Healthcare, April 3, 2009

"Study: Variations hinder Medicare reform"
Richard Pizzi
Healthcare Finance News, April 3, 2009

"Hospital services vary widely across U.S."
Maggie Fox
Reuters, April 2, 2009

"Cost, access matter. But focus on health-care quality is key."
Amy Klobuchar and Dave Durenberger
The St. Paul Pioneer Press, April 2, 2009

"Hospital ratings complicate care of sickest"
Liz Kowalczyk
The Boston Globe, April 1, 2009

"All over the map"
The News & Observer (Raleigh, NC), March 31, 2009

"Hospitals vary in treatment choices"
Wade Rawlins
The News & Observer (Raleigh, NC), March 31, 2009

"Is Medicare fair? Experts say yes, but call for spending reforms"
Adam D. Krauss
Foster's Daily Democrat, March 29, 2009

"Dartmouth Diagnosis: But What's the Treatment?"
The Valley News, March 29, 2009

"Medicare Costs in Rural America: A case of reaping what we haven't sown?"
Donald Frey
Medicine and Social Justice, March 26, 2009

"No rhyme or reason: FL cities' rate of medical spending"
Florida Health News, March 26, 2009

"Economic recovery requires affordable health care system"
The Honolulu Star-Bulletin, March 26, 2009

"Heading off healthcare inflation"
Editorial Board
The Christian Science Monitor, March 25, 2009

"Texan working to make Medicare savings a reality"
Jim Landers
The Dallas Morning News, March 23, 2009

"The challenge and opportunity for health system reform"
Nancy H. Nielsen
American Medical News, March 23, 2009

"Dartmouth Research Driving the Debate on Health Care Reform"
Susan J. Boutwell
The Valley News, March 22, 2009

"Health Care Convention: Many Problems, Many Solutions"
Megan R. Wilson
Kansas City infoZine, March 21, 2009

"Public Insurance Option is Thorniest Health Care Issue, Key Republican Says"
CQ Politics, March 19, 2009

"Why Obama Should Stand Firm on a Public-Sector Insurance Option Part I"
Maggie Mahar
Health Beat blog, March 19, 2009

"Physician, heal thy system"
Rahul K. Parikh
Salon.com, March 18, 2009

"Physician Payment Reform -- Time for Hard Choices"
Bob Laszewski
Health Care Policy and Marketplace Review, March 18, 2009

"Vt. Hosts Health Care Forum"
Kristin Carlson
WCAX News, March 17, 2009

"Grassley: Don't try to fix what's working in health care"
The Des Moines Register, March 17, 2009

"What the Doctor Ordered"
Pat S.
Health Beat blog, March 17, 2009

"Blue Cross puts the reform hammer down in Massachusetts"
Dana Blankenhorn
ZDNet Healthcare, March 16, 2009

"Expanded Health Insurance Might Meet Shortage of Doctors"
David Nather
CQ Politics, March 15, 2009

"Health Overhaul Should Address Workforce Shortages, Hearing Told"
Rebecca Adams
CQ Healthbeat News, March 12, 2009

"Obama's Health Plan Challenged by Senate Budget Chief"
Aliza Marcus
Bloomberg.com, March 12, 2009

"Obama budget chief firm on Medicare Advantage cuts"
Matthew Perrone
The Associated Press, March 10, 2009

"GOP Wary of Obama Health Care Research Push"
Mike Lillis
The Washington Independent, March 10, 2009

"Health care reform could really add up"
Jim Landers
The Dallas Morning News, March 10, 2009

"Smells like team spirit"
Neil McLaughlin
Modern Healthcare, March 9, 2009

"What Big Mistake Are We Making?"
Marilyn Werber Serafini
National Journal Expert Blogs, March 9, 2009

"Wausau Medicare cost increases tops in state"
Amy Olson
The Wausau Daily Herald, March 7, 2009

"Obama Spending Plan Seeks to Avert Major Medicare Physician Payment Reductions"
James Arvantes
AAFP News Now, March 6, 2009

"Some Common Ground Ahead Of Health Care Forum"
Julie Rovner
National Public Radio, March 5, 2009

"Reforming a health care system that's too big to fail"
The St. Louis Post-Dispatch, March 5, 2009

"Keeping a close eye on reform"
Chris Van Wagenen
Lubbock Online, March 5, 2009

"Spend less, get more medical care"
Joe Rojas-Burke
The Oregonian, March 4, 2009

"Health care: Outcomes, not cost"
The Florida Times-Union, March 4, 2009

"Costly healthcare fails to deliver"
The Miami Herald, March 2, 2009

"Health care reform: What we can learn from Costco"
Jane Sarasohn-Kahn
The Health Care Blog, March 2, 2009

"Why Doctors Hate Science"
Sharon Begley
Newsweek, February 28, 2009

"The Crazy Quilt of Health Care in the US"
Gary Schwitzer
The Schwitzer health news blog, February 28, 2009

"Medicare Spending on Patients Varies Widely by State, Region"
Michelle Andrews
U.S.News & World Report, On Health & Money blog, February 27, 2009

"Vegas docs, hospitals bill Medicare big"
Marshall Allen
The Las Vegas Sun, February 27, 2009

"Obama's first prescription for American NHS will cost £439 billion"
Chris Stephen
The Scotsman, February 27, 2009

"La Crosse area hospitals among those charging Medicare the least"
Wheeler News Service, February 27, 2009

"Obama healthcare plan relies on the evidence"
Maggie Fox
Reuters, February 26, 2009

"Can We Cut Health Costs By Moving Everyone from New Jersey to Utah?"
David Whelan
Forbes Science Business blog, February 26, 2009

"Texas cities could rein in Medicare spending, researchers say"
Jim Landers
The Dallas Morning News, February 26, 2009

"Wisconsin's Medicare spending among lowest in nation"
Rick Romell
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, February 26, 2009

"Nebraska leads U.S. in Medicare growth"
Rick Ruggles
The Omaha World-Herald, February 26, 2009

"New Dartmouth study: Health spending still varies greatly"
The Ohio Health Policy Review, February 26, 2009

"Miami among most costly for health care"
The South Florida Business Journal, February 26, 2009

"Rhode Island hospital costs rise less than the national average"
C. Eugene Emery Jr.
The Providence Journal, February 26, 2009

"Medicare costs differ widely across U.S."
The Honolulu Advertiser, February 26, 2009

"Medicare costs are all over the map, for reasons unclear"
The St. Louis Post-Dispatch, February 26, 2009

"Study eyes physicians' impact on cost growth"
Jessica Zigmond
Modern Healthcare, February 26, 2009

"U.S. Medicare costs vary widely"
United Press International, February 26, 2009

"The Variation Blues"
Merrill Goozner
GoozNews, February 26, 2009

"Obama health agenda takes shape"
Dana Blankenhorn
ZDNet Healthcare, February 26, 2009

"Medicare Spending Varies Greatly Depending On Area"
dbTechno, February 26, 2009

"Medicare Spending Still Varies Widely by Region"
Reed Abelson
The New York Times, February 25, 2009

"Medicare Spending Has Wide Regional Disparities, Study Finds"
Catherine Arnst
BusinessWeek, February 25, 2009

"Study: Big regional differences in Medicare costs"
Erica Werner
The Associated Press, February 25, 2009

"A Primer on Health Costs"
David Leonhardt
The New York Times Economix Blog, February 25, 2009

"Miami No. 1 in nation for healthcare costs, study finds"
John Dorschner
The Miami Herald, February 25, 2009

"Fresno's Medicare spending fastest-rising in California"
Barbara Anderson
The Fresno Bee, February 25, 2009

"Ideas for Fixing Health Care"
The Editors
The New York Times Room for Debate blog, February 25, 2009

"The Commonwealth Funds Plan for Universal Coverage: Which Tier Would You Be On?"
Maggie Mahar
Health Beat blog, February 25, 2009

"Reinventing Health Care: The Role of the States"
David Osbourne
RealClearPolitics, February 24, 2009

"Hospice a quality option for health care"
Adrianne May
The Munster Times (Indiana), February 22, 2009

"Who decides when you die?"
Kay Lazar
The Boston Globe, February 16, 2009

"Quality: Comparing Perspectives in Comparative Effectiveness Debate"
Paul Testa
The New America Foundation Health Dialogue Blog, February 16, 2009

"Stimulus funds treatment comparisons"
United Press International, February 16, 2009

"U.S. to Compare Medical Treatments"
Robert Pear
The New York Times, February 15, 2009

"A Blueprint for Healthcare Reform"
Maggie Mahar
Health Beat blog, February 14, 2009

"Health Reform: Moving Beyond 'Informed Consent'"
Joanne Kenen
The New America Foundation Health Dialogue Blog, February 13, 2009

"Healthbeat: Small but growing push to help patients make more informed health care choices"
Lauran Neergaard
The Associated Press, February 9, 2009

"Too Many Doctors?"
Ezra Klein
The American Prospect blog, February 8, 2009

"Top 10 Cities Where Coronary Bypass Surgery Outpaces Angioplasty"
Sarah Baldauf
U.S.News & World Report, February 4, 2009

"Top 10 Cities Where Angioplasty Far Outpaces Coronary Bypass Surgery"
Sarah Baldauf
U.S.News & World Report, February 4, 2009

"Heart Health: Bypass Surgery or Angioplasty?"
Sarah Baldauf
U.S.News & World Report, February 2, 2009

"The Amenities Race: Are Patients Irrational?"
Maggie Mahar
Health Beat blog, January 28, 2009

"Recruiting the docs we need: Make primary care competitive with specialties in terms of pay"
Richard Scheffler
Modern Healthcare, January 26, 2009

"How Much Should Patients Pay for Medical Care?"
Avery Comarow
U.S. News & World Report blog, January 21, 2009

"Roadmap Toward a Saner Healthcare System?"
Lisa Davis
Reader's Digest Living Healthy Blog, January 21, 2009

"Drastically greater use of hospitals doesn't boost survival"
Joe Rojas-Burke
The Oregonian, January 14, 2009

"Cigna's New Regional Exec Toes the Dartmouth Atlas Line - Up To a Point"
David P. Hamilton
BNET Healthcare, January 14, 2009

"The sleek hospitals with the shiny machines aren't always the best"
John Santa
Consumer Reports Health Blog, January 14, 2009

"Senior health spending still heaviest U.S. debt"
Jim Landers
The Dallas Morning News, January 13, 2009

"The Medical Consumer: How can we afford healthcare reform?"
Arthur Levin
The Columbia Independent (New York), January 13, 2009

"'Dr. Madoff' and 'Dr. Countrywide': Barriers to Health Reform, Threats to Economic Recovery"
R.J. Eskow
The Huffington Post, January 13, 2009

"Quest for quality must shape national health care goals"
Risa Lavizzo-Mourey and Vernice Davis Anthony
The Detroit Free Press, January 12, 2009

"Find End-of-Life Care to Fit Your Finances"
Lola Butcher
Bankrate.com, January 9, 2009

"For back pain sufferers, surgery isn't always the answer"
Amber Dance
The Los Angeles Times, January 9, 2009

"Bill of Health: Curbing Costs, Improving Care"
The Valley News, January 4, 2009

2008
"Rewards to health care industry should focus on wellness"
The St. Louis Post-Dispatch, December 29, 2008

"Pittsburgh Diabetics More Likely To Lose Limbs"
WTAE-TV The Pittsburgh Channel, December 29, 2008

"U.S. Health Care Costs Part VI: At What Price Physician Autonomy?"
Uwe E. Reinhardt
The New York Times Economix Blog, December 26, 2008

"CBO Says Health Care Overhaul Will Be Significant Challenge"
Drew Armstrong
CQ Politics, December 18, 2008

"Voices of Reform: It's a Beautiful Day in the (Medical) Neighborhood"
Joanne Kenen
The New America Foundation Health Dialogue Blog, December 17, 2008

"Worldview: Fixing the Economy Means Fixing Health Care - In China?"
Paul Testa
The New America Foundation Health Dialogue Blog, December 16, 2008

"Waste not, want not: Obama's health care effort must make system more efficient"
The Beaver County Times & Allegheny Times, December 16, 2008

"Baylor hospital team helps families forge their own path at life's end"
Lee Hancock
The Dallas Morning News, December 13, 2008

"The Cost of Doing Nothing on Health Care"
Joanne Kenen and Sarah Axeen
The American Prospect, December 12, 2008

"The Economic Imperative for Health Reform"
James Kvaal
Center for American Progress, December 9, 2008

"America's Healthiest And Unhealthiest States"
David Sutton
Forbes, December 5, 2008

"Alaska faces formidable health care challenges"
Dan Joling
The Associated Press, December 2, 2008

"U.S. 'Not Getting What We Pay For'"
Ceci Connolly
The Washington Post, November 30, 2008

"Health reforms needed"
Ganpat G. Thakker
The Charleston Gazette, November 27, 2008

"Health care reform high on Obama's agenda, adviser says"
Jeremy Olson
The St. Paul Pioneer Press, November 25, 2008

"Make payments for health care based on value, not procedures"
George Bartley
The Florida Times-Union, November 21, 2008

"Health 'Sector' Must Be Made Into Health 'System'"
Bill Frist
Roll Call, November 20, 2008

"Is hospital construction boom good for area?"
Jim DeBrosse
The Dayton Daily News, November 16, 2008

"Ensuring the health of Tarrant County residents"
Scott B. Ransom
The Fort Worth Business Press, November 10, 2008

"Rio Grande Valley to be part of study to cut hospital re-admissions"
Melissa McEver
Valley Freedom Newspapers, November 9, 2008

"More Truths About Rising Health Prices"
Maggie Mahar
The Century Foundation blog, November 6, 2008

"Health care's big culprit"
Adam Searing
The News & Observer (Raleigh, NC), November 3, 2008

"Doctors on the Diamond"
Kristen Gerencher
The Wall Street Journal, November 2, 2008

"More hospitals offer palliative care, focusing on quality of life"
Guy Boulton
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, October 30, 2008

"A doctor's Rx for cutting health costs"
Patrick Neustatter
The Free Lance-Star, October 26, 2008

"What Makes the Mayo Clinic Different?"
Maggie Mahar
The Century Foundation blog, October 21, 2008

"Sen. Klobuchar says report of geographic disparies in Medicare shows need for major overhaul"
U.S. Fed News, October 9, 2008

"The medical treatment you get may depend on where you live"
Henry L. Davis
The Buffalo News, October 6, 2008

"Is Healthcare Armageddon Next?"
Bernadine Healy
U.S. News & World Report, October 2, 2008

"Healthcare premiums outpace workers' incomes"
John Dorschner
The Miami Herald, October 1, 2008

"Newark family doctor is part of a dying breed"
Carol Ann Campbell
The Newark Star-Ledger, September 28, 2008

"Worried sick over our health care"
Jim Tankersley and Christi Parsons
The Chicago Tribune, September 23, 2008

"The cost, choices of health care in final months"
Betty Falcao
The Ithaca Journal, September 19, 2008

"Condition critical: The medical crisis facing America"
Peter Aldhous
The New Scientist, September 17, 2008

"What's the Best Way to Pay Doctors?"
Jacob Goldstein
The Wall Street Journal health blog, September 17, 2008

"It's a scan-dal: Floridians undergo lots of testing"
Kumari Kelly
Florida Health News, September 17, 2008

"Boomers may see doctor shortage: Medical students shun careers caring for older patients"
Rita Rubin
USA Today, September 16, 2008

"Fewer US med students choosing primary care"
Carla K. Johnson
The Associated Press, September 9, 2008

"Unneeded treatments increase health care costs"
Howard Brody
The Grand Rapids Press, September 9, 2008

"Untangling the Web: Rankings of aggressive vs. conservative hospitals available"
Jan Jarvis
The Fort Worth Star Telegram, September 8, 2008

"Cleveland Clinic's new look more than just a pretty face"
Harlan Spector
The Cleveland Plain Dealer, September 7, 2008

"Americans Who Have Insurance - But Still No Access To Care"
Maggie Mahar
The Century Foundation blog, September 5, 2008

"The Return of Managed Care?"
Catherine Arnst
BusinessWeek, September 4, 2008

"Consumer Reports Study Shows 'More Isn't Better' In Health Care; Finds UNMH Near Top In Conservative Treatment"
Winthrop Quigley
The Albuquerque Journal, September 4, 2008

"Health care groups assign ratings to doctors"
Guy Boulton
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, August 30, 2008

"Health insurers describe business as balancing act"
Julie M. McKinnon
The Toledo Blade, August 26, 2008

"Dems must put consistency in health care plan"
William R. Brody
The Denver Post, August 22, 2008

"Reforming health care means more than just expanding coverage"
The News Journal (Delaware), August 17, 2008

"Patients of 21st century require new form of care"
Pat Justis
The Olympian (Washington), August 6, 2008

"Many Hospitals Are Expanding, But Some Critics Ask Why"
David Darman
New Hampshire Public Radio, August 4, 2008

"Commentary: How to make Medicare better"
Amy Klobuchar and Michele Kimball
The Bemidji Pioneer (Minnesota), August 3, 2008

"A Senior Moment: They're killing us with care"
Ron Mack
The Cherokee Scout (North Carolina), July 29, 2008

"Why Does Health Care Cost So Much?"
Shannon Brownlee
AARP Magazine, July & August, 2008

"Aggressive Care Not The Best Rx For Chronic Illness"
The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, July 27, 2008

"Medicare still needs a lot of reform"
Amy Klobuchar
The Minneapolis Star Tribune, July 19, 2008

"Rise Seen in Medical Efforts to Treat the Very Old"
Anemona Hartocollis
The New York Times, July 18, 2008

"More Doctors, More Money, More Problems"
Josh Patashnik
The New Republic blog, July 17, 2008

"Minnesota hurt by Medicare, Klobuchar calls for reform"
Kendall Anderson
Twin Cities Finance and Commerce, July 14, 2008

"FRHG grades mixed"
Andrea Koskey
The Appeal-Democrat (California), July 7, 2008

"Consumer Reports: Overly aggressive hospital care"
Jeffrey Wolf
KUSA (Colorado), July 1, 2008

"Dangers Of Overly-Aggressive Hospital Care"
Patricia Capiro
WPEC (Florida), June 27, 2008

"When less is more"
Thomas Munro
New Mexico BusinessWeekly, June 27, 2008

"Comparing Hospitals"
WXYZ (Detroit), June 26, 2008

"Consumer Reports studies hospitals"
Erik Hogstrom
The Dubuque Telegraph Herald, June 24, 2008

"Media scan"
Barb Berggoetz
The Indianapolis Star, June 24, 2008

"Medical care: More isn't better"
The Florida Times-Union, June 23, 2008

"UNM Hospital Ranks 3rd in Nation in Providing Conservative Care"
UNM Today, June 23, 2008

"Health Care in the Berkshires: Where are we?"
Jack Dew
The Berkshire Eagle, June 22, 2008

"Spread good health to all corners of Rochester"
Nancy Bennett and Wade Norwood
The Rochester Democrat and Chronicle, June 18, 2008

"Health Matters: Experts find 'glaring' gaps in health care"
LJ Anderson
The Redwood City Daily News, June 17, 2008

"High cost of unnecessary treatment"
James Warren
The Chicago Tribune, June 16, 2008

"Rankings raise issue of aggressive health care"
Liv Osby
The Greenville News, June 15, 2008

"Aggressive care for chronic illnesses isn't always best choice"
Monica Laliberte
WRAL (North Carolina), June 12, 2008

"Operation Zip Code"
Rachele Kanigel
Prevention, June 11, 2008

"Oregon holds medical costs in check"
The Oregonian, June 11, 2008

"Research should improve delivery of care"
Myrl Weinberg
The Muskogee Phoenix (Oklahoma), June 11, 2008

"Hospice underused in Illinois, experts point to 'death-defying' culture"
Nafis Ahmed and Whitney Jackson
Medill Reports, June 10, 2008

"Health Care Disparity Studies Funded"
Joanne Wojcik
Workforce Management, June 10, 2008

"Consumers Union enters hospital-comparison arena"
Andi Atwater
The Wichita Eagle, June 10, 2008

"Amputations show racial inequities in US"
IOL (South Africa), June 7, 2008

"In treating end-of-life patients, UPMC South Side most active"
Kris B. Mamula
The Pittsburgh Business Times, June 6, 2008

"Vermont scores high for diabetes care"
Nancy Remsen
The Burlington Free Press, June 6, 2008

"Humboldt named to health care initiative"
Jessie Faulkner
The Times-Standard (Arcata, CA), June 6, 2008

"Research Finds Wide Disparities in Health Care by Race and Region"
Kevin Sack
The New York Times, June 5, 2008

"Study: More blacks than whites must lose a leg to diabetes"
Julie Appleby
USA Today, June 5, 2008

"Communities to get $300 million to tackle health"
Kevin Freking
The Associated Press, June 5, 2008

"Research Finds Wide Disparities in Health Care by Race and Region"
Anna Wilde Mathews
The Wall Street Journal, June 5, 2008

"RWJF gives $300 million for healthcare"
United Press International, June 5, 2008

"Race, Region Affect Patient Care in U.S.: Report"
U.S. News & World Report, June 5, 2008

"Amputations show racial inequities in US healthcare: study"
AFP, June 5, 2008

"Get health news in an instant"
Rita Rubin
USA Today Health Blog, June 5, 2008

"State group part of health-care initiative"
Guy Boulton
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, June 5, 2008

"Grant to Puget Sound Health Alliance will target health inequities"
Carol M. Ostrom
The Seattle Times, June 5, 2008

"Millions granted to improve health care"
Cherie Black
The Seattle Post-Intelligencer, June 5, 2008

"New report prompts grant program to improve health-care access"
Julius A. Karash
The Kansas City Star, June 5, 2008

"Health Care Quality Varies in Kansas City"
Elana Gordon
KCUR (Kansas City), June 5, 2008

"Foundation trying to raise quality of health care"
Josie Huang
The Portland Press Herald (Maine), June 5, 2008

"Minnesota / Group to target disparity in health outcomes"
Jeremy Olson
The St. Paul Pioneer Press, June 5, 2008

"Grant to unify health-care messages"
Cliff Peale
The Cincinnati Enquirer, June 5, 2008

"Health Care System Disrupted By Race and Regional Disparities"
Dee Chisamera
eFluxMedia, June 5, 2008

"Racial disparities found in Medicare in state"
Ellyn Ferguson
The Green Bay Press-Gazette, June 5, 2008

"$1 million grant confronts health care inequities"
Pat Shellenbarger
The Grand Rapids Press, June 5, 2008

"Cuyahoga County above average in diabetes management"
Harlan Spector
The Cleveland Plain Dealer, June 5, 2008

"York-Adams picked for national health care project"
David Wenner
The Patriot-News (Pennsylvania), June 5, 2008

"Cincinnati, Cleveland In Study To Improve Medicare"
WBNS 10TV (Ohio), June 5, 2008

"Humboldt County among 14 communities picked for major effort to change health care"
Karen Wilkinson
The Eureka Reporter, June 5, 2008

"Another comparison tool ... with Consumer Reports' online hospital rankings"
Jean DerGurahian
Modern Healthcare, June 2, 2008

"Too much treatment? Aggressive medical care can lead to more pain with no gain"
Consumer Reports, July 2008

"More care isn't better when it comes to health care"
Mary Jo Feldstein
The St. Louis Post-Dispatch, June 4, 2008

"More Not Always Better When It Comes To Healthcare"
Yvonne Zanos
KDKA (Pittsburgh), June 4, 2008

"Hospice offers peace for last days"
Carol Ann Campbell
The Newark Star-Ledger, June 2, 2008

"Two Peninsula hospitals on 'aggressive' list toward Medicare patients"
Jim Casey
Peninsula Daily News (Washington), June 2, 2008

"A Different Way of Ranking Hospitals"
Avery Comarow
U.S. News & World Report blog, May 30, 2008

"In New York City, Two Versions of End-of-Life Care"
Anemona Hartocollis and Ford Fessenden
The New York Times, May 30, 2008

"Aggressive patient care may be harmful to your health, report suggests"
Julius A. Karash and Alan Bavley
The Kansas City Star, May 30, 2008

"Consumer Reports rates Bay Area hospitals"
Victoria Colliver
The San Francisco Chronicle, May 30, 2008

"Consumer Reports rates hospitals on aggressive or conservative late-life care"
Carrie Peyton Dahlberg
The Sacramento Bee, May 30, 2008

"Hospitals Rated On Most Serious Diseases"
Mary Shedden
The Tampa Tribune, May 30, 2008

"More health care may not always be better"
Cherie Black
The Seattle Post-Intelligencer, May 30, 2008

"End-of-life care varies widely in CNY"
James T. Mulder
The Syracuse Post-Standard, May 30, 2008

"Hospital Care in New York Ranked Among Most Aggressive"
E.B. Solomont
The New York Sun, May 30, 2008

"City hosps fight death harder, sez study"
Jordan Lite
The New York Daily News, May 30, 2008

"Consumers Union to Rate Hospitals"
Anna Wilde Mathews
The Wall Street Journal, May 29, 2008

"Too much medical treatment? Hospital rankings vary in study of aggressiveness"
Carol M. Ostrom
The Seattle Times, May 29, 2008

"Consumer Reports publishes hospital ratings"
Judith Graham
The Chicago Tribune health blog, May 29, 2008

"The High Price of A Medical Miracle"
Darshak Sanghavi
The Washington Post, May 27, 2008

"Health Care Costs"
Vermont Public Radio, May 22, 2008

"A more welcoming model for care"
Alice Dembner
The Boston Globe, May 19, 2008

"Health care costs"
The Albany Times Union, May 18, 2008

"A model for Medicare? New study praises Sutter Health"
Kathy Robertson
The Sacramento Business Journal, May 16, 2008

"More medical school grads select specialty practices"
Nancy Young
The Virginian-Pilot, May 15, 2008

"Back Pain Eludes Perfect Solutions"
Leslie Berger
The New York Times, May 13, 2008

"Living will can lessen the pain"
Jay Hancock
The Baltimore Sun, May 9, 2008

"Back problems by the numbers"
The Orange County Register (California), May 9, 2008

"For the Elderly, Being Heard About Life's End"
Jane Gross
The New York Times, May 5, 2008

"End wasteful health-care spending or boomers will bankrupt nation"
Judd Gregg
The Concord Monitor, May 1, 2008

"More health care doesn't mean better health care"
Michael J. Pramenko
The Grand Junction Free Press, April 30, 2008

"MHP one of the top five Iowa hospitals at controlling costs without diminishing care"
Editorial
The Oskaloosa Herald, April 30, 2008

"Centenarians could strain budgets"
Thomas Goldsmith
The News & Observer (North Carolina), April 28, 2008

"A study finds end-of-life costs in S. Florida are among the highest in the nation"
John Dorschner
The Miami Herald, April 27, 2008

"Doctors, family may be at odds over treatment"
John Dorschner
The Miami Herald, April 27, 2008

"Mayo Clinic weighs in with a comprehensive health proposal"
Richard Mial
The La Crosse Tribune, April 27, 2008

"Gov. Tim Pawlenty: Health-care records lag technology"
Newt Gingrich and Tim Pawlenty
The Minneapolis Star Tribune, April 27, 2008

"2 hospitals frugal with final care"
Mike Saccone
The Daily Sentinel (Grand Junction, CO), April 27, 2008

"Uncovered Story"
Investor's Business Daily, April 23, 2008

"Six steps to bring about true health-care reform in Utah"
Joseph Q. Jarvis
The Salt Lake Tribune, April 23, 2008

"End-of-life care praised"
Nancy Lofholm
The Denver Post, April 23, 2008

"Houston's cost of dying"
Dave Fehling
Texas Cable News, April 22, 2008

"CBO Chief Is Health-Care Referee"
Anna Wilde Mathews
The Wall Street Journal, April 21, 2008

"Back Pain: What Works"
Robert Langreth
Forbes, April 21, 2008

"Study says Iowa hospitals lead in cost control for chronically ill"
Pat Curtis
Radio Iowa News, April 17, 2008

"A Looming Shortage, or the Wrong Doctors in the Wrong Places?"
Jacob Goldstein
The Wall Street Journal Health Blog, April 16, 2008

"Be sensible in assessing cost, quality of health care"
David L. Katz
The New Haven Register, April 16, 2008

"Iowa doctors may sue Medicare"
The Des Moines Business Record, April 16, 2008

"Our opinion: More care, less quality"
Tom Dennis
The Grand Forks Herald, April 15, 2008

"Fla. hospitals aggressively treat terminal illness"
Kris Hundley
The St. Petersburg Times, April 15, 2008

"Spending still high - Study shows price limits not enough to end cost spiral"
Jean DerGurahian
Modern Healthcare, April 14, 2008

"Is more health care better?"
Sarah Arnquist
The San Luis Obispo Tribune, April 13, 2008

"Quality Care at Bargain Prices"
Editorial
The New York Times, April 10, 2008

"Phoebe: Competition may drive up costs"
Barbara Rivera Holmes
The Albany Herald, April 10, 2008

"Chronically Ill Patients Get More Care, Less Quality"
NCPA Daily Policy Digest, April 9, 2008

"Is More Health Care Too Much Health Care?"
Editorial
The Albuquerque Journal, April 9, 2008

"Study: Quality of Care Low for Chronically Ill Patients"
Christine Grimaldi
CQ Healthbeat News, April 8, 2008

"Researchers Find Huge Variations in End-of-Life Treatment"
Robert Pear
The New York Times, April 7, 2008

"Study: Medicare flows unevenly to hospitals"
Julie Appleby
USA Today, April 7, 2008

"More Choices Drive Cost of Health Care"
Theo Francis
The Wall Street Journal, April 7, 2008

"Plentiful Services Drive Health Costs at End of Life"
Theo Francis
The Wall Street Journal Health Blog, April 7, 2008

"Hospital Capacity Drives Costs"
Kevin Freking
The Associated Press, April 7, 2008

"Care for Elderly Ill Costliest in N.Y., New Jersey, California "
Aliza Marcus
Bloomberg, April 7, 2008

"Study find NJ hospital patients get most excessive care"
Carol Ann Campbell
The Newark Star-Ledger, April 7, 2008

"End-of-life care costlier in Boston"
Stephen Smith
The Boston Globe, April 7, 2008

"Hospital spending varies widely: Study findings on end-of-life care have broad implications"
Guy Boulton
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, April 7, 2008

"Utah docs foster death with dignity"
Heather May
The Salt Lake Tribune, April 7, 2008

"Cost: End-of-Life Spending Can Boost Bills Without Extending Life"
Joanne Kenen
The New America Foundation Health Dialogue Blog, April 7, 2008

"Medicare Funding of Care for Seniors Varies Greatly"
John Miller
eNews 2.0, April 7, 2008

"Urgent Action Needed to Stem Rise in Health Care Costs"
PRNewswire, April 2, 2008

"Holy Cross Hospital to close North Ridge"
John Dorschner
The Miami Herald, April 2, 2008

"Time to implement a quality remedy for U.S. health care"
The Billings Gazette, March 23, 2008

"End-of-life care moves beyond 'more is better'"
Josephine Marcotty
The Minneapolis Star Tribune, March 22, 2008

"Obama Chief Health Adviser Pushes Pay for Performance if Doctors Like Standards"
Mark Crane
MedPage Today, March 14, 2008

"Cuts threaten Children's program to train pediatricians"
Allison M. Heinrichs
The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, March 13, 2008

"About Those Health Care Plans by the Democrats ..."
Robert Pear
The New York Times, March 3, 2008

"Politicians avoid gorilla that is health-care system"
Ann Gowans
The Columbia Daily Tribune (Missouri), March 3, 2008

"Crist seeks hospital deregulation"
John Dorschner
The Miami Herald, March 3, 2008

"Too few to help"
Stephanie Ramage
The Sunday Paper (Georgia), March 2, 2008

"Benefits of Spine Surgery Affirmed"
William M. Bulkeley
The Wall Street Journal, February 21, 2008

"Surgery is Best for Patients with Spinal Stenosis, Third SPORT Study Shows"
TDI Press Release, February 20, 2008

"A Test You Shouldn't Jump At: A Genetic Test for Prostate Cancer May Boost Worry, Little More"
H. Gilbert Welch
The Washington Post, February 19, 2008

"Pros and CON"
The St. Louis Post Dispatch, February 15, 2008

"Super Sunday outpouring"
John E. Carey
The Washington Times, February 2, 2008

"More money, less health"
David Kohn
The Baltimore Sun, January 27, 2008

"Competing to care for hearts"
David Gulliver
The Sarasota Herald-Tribune, January 21, 2008

"Prostate cancer screening? Some men say 'no'"
JoNel Aleccia
MSNBC, January 17, 2008

"Jersey's hospitals reviewing how they treat dying patients"
Carol Ann Campbell
The Newark Star-Ledger, January 15, 2008

"Elderly rely more on family for care"
Henry L. Davis
The Buffalo News, January 13, 2008

"Dartmouth study questions cost effectiveness of digital mammography screening"
Health News Digest, January 3, 2008

"When a pound of cure is too much"
Gregory M. Lamb
The Christian Science Monitor, January 2, 2008

"Costs stymie call for more doctors"
Gregory Lopes
The Washington Times, January 2, 2008

"Efforts To Increase Medical School Enrollment Could Place Financial Burden On U.S. Health Care System, Experts Say"
Kaiser Daily Health Policy Report, January 2, 2008

"Healthy skepticism"
H. Gilbert Welch and Steven Woloshin
The Boston Globe, January 1, 2008

2007
"Diabetes Screening Isn't Always Beneficial"
Dianne Finch
New Hampshire Public Radio, December 26, 2007

"Health care debate shifts to new area: consumption"
Jim Jaffe
The Baltimore Sun, December 19, 2007

"No. 1 Book, and It Offers Solutions"
David Leonhardt
The New York Times, December 19, 2007

"How to Afford Health Care Reform"
Donald M. Berwick and Howard Hiatt
The Huffington Post, December 17, 2007

"Is this what America stands for?"
Linda P. Campbell
McClatchy Newspapers, December 15, 2007

"Future of Health Care"
Bob Kinzel
Vermont Public Radio, December 14, 2007

"Health care costs unequal"
Guy Boulton
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, December 5, 2007

"CBO: Medicare and Medicaid spending growth unsustainable"
Doug Trapp
American Medical News, December 3, 2007

"Where peace is the last medicine"
Carol Ann Campbell
The Newark Star-Ledger, December 3, 2007

"A troubling abundance of care"
Carol Ann Campbell
The Newark Star-Ledger, December 2, 2007

"New hospitals raise costs: Poor care can result, expert says"
Patricia Anstett
The Detroit Free Press, December 1, 2007

"Life Isn't Fair"
William Baldwin
Forbes, November 26, 2007

"The High Cost of Health Care"
The New York Times, November 25, 2007

"The Real Long-Term Health Care Challenge"
OMB Watch, November 20, 2007

"Does the U.S. Have Too Many Doctors?"
Maggie Mahar
The Century Foundation, November 19, 2007

"More health care is not necessarily better care"
Risa Lavizzo-Mourey
The Seattle Times, November 13, 2007

"Weighing the costs: How necessary is an annual physical?"
Adam Voiland
U.S. News & World Report, November 13, 2007

"A Model for Health Care That Pays for Quality"
Milt Freudenheim
The New York Times, November 7, 2007

"Making Sure Patients Get What They Want At The End Of Life"
Martha Bebinger
WBUR CommonHealth, November 7, 2007

"Bad-Disk Reboot: Back Pain May Not Mean Surgery"
Terry Gross
National Public Radio, October 31, 2007

"Spike in Disease Doesn't Always Mean an Epidemic"
Roy Richard Grinker
The Washington Post, October 30, 2007

"Giving Patients a Larger Voice: More Doctors Welcome Dialogue About Tests And Procedures"
Shannon Brownlee
The Washington Post, October 23, 2007

"We have more students. Now what?"
Myrle Croasdale
American Medical News, October 22/29, 2007

"Are Today's Hospital Patients 'Overtreated'?"
Ira Flatow
National Public Radio, October 12, 2007

"Newtered: Gingrich's Congress emasculated the one agency capable of controlling health care costs and improving quality. Time to reverse the procedure."
Shannon Brownlee
The Washington Monthly, October 1, 2007

"Best Care Everywhere: Here's an Idea: A Civilian VA for the Uninsured, and Maybe the Rest of Us"
Phillip Longman
The Washington Monthly, October 2007

"Cancer scares grow as screening rises"
Scott Allen
The Boston Globe, September 30, 2007

"Oklahoma's mastectomy rate among nation's highest"
The Associated Press, September 23, 2007

"Mastectomy rate has officials asking why options not used"
Jeff Raymond
The Oklahoman, September 23, 2007

"Health-Care Spending Is Highest in Northeast"
Jane Zhang
The Wall Street Journal, September 18, 2007

"Update: Hillary's Plan"
Maggie Mahar
TPM Cafe, September 17, 2007

"Expensive and divisive: how America is losing patience with a failing system"
Sarah Boseley and Suzanne Goldenberg
The Guardian (U.K.), September 13, 2007

"Spine tuning: Innovative surgeries raise hope, concern"
Alice Dembner
The Boston Globe, September 3, 2007

"A Study a Day Keeps the Doctor Away: Hard evidence could be the best medicine for patients and the health care system"
Leyla Kokmen
Utne Reader, September-October, 2007

"What No One Tells You When You're Tested for Prostate Cancer"
Maggie Mahar
TPM Cafe, August 27, 2007

"Do more beds drive up costs?"
Guy Boulton
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, August 12, 2007

"Commentary: Disclosure is critical to the quality of health care"
John J. Castellani
The Laconia Citizen (New Hampshire), August 12, 2007

"Smart bombs: Putting patients last"
Gary Crooks
The Spokesman-Review (Spokane, WA), August 11, 2007

"Medicare pay plan punishes Iowa physicians"
Michael Kitchell
The Des Moines Register, August 8, 2007

"Former CMS chief launches "do tank" focused on health care"
David Glendinning
American Medical News, August 6, 2007

"Health Matters: New Thinking On Medicare"
Julie Rovner
CongressDaily, August 3, 2007

"Public-private partnerships seek better health care"
Alphonso O'Neil-White
The Buffalo News, July 30, 2007

"Benefits of stroke screening debated"
Dean Olsen
The State Journal-Register (Illinois), July 30, 2007

"Editorial: A gene for restless legs?"
New Scientist, July 28, 2007

"Dartmouth researchers form partnership with Brookings Institution"
The Associated Press, July 27, 2007

"Health care in Utah gets high marks"
Ben Caballero
Deseret Morning News, July 22, 2007

"Gov't Adviser Warns of Health Care Costs"
Matthew Perrone
The Associated Press, July 18, 2007

"Some Chronically Ill Adults Wait for Medicare"
Gina Kolata
The New York Times, July 12, 2007

"Medicare Declares Major Success in Project Treating Costly Chronic Disease"
SeniorJournal.com, July 13, 2007

"How to Size Up Your Hospital"
Theo Francis
The Wall Street Journal, July 10, 2007

"Getting our 2 percent's worth"
Gubby Barlow
The Seattle Times, July 3, 2007

"How well does 'Sicko' stand up to the facts"
Kevin Lamb
The Dayton Daily News, July 2, 2007

"Report from Washington: More knowledge can lower health-care costs"
Judd Gregg
Foster's Online, July 1, 2007

"Overtreated; Why Too Much Medicine Is Making Us Sicker and Poorer"
Kirkus Reviews, July 2007

"Surgery helps with type of back pain"
United Press International, June 29, 2007

"Capitol Chat"
Adam Wilson
The Olympian (Washington), June 29, 2007

"Welcome to the Health Care Buffet"
Jason Fodeman
Accuracy In Media, June 29, 2007

"Medicare Cuts Threaten Imaging Companies"
Matthew Perrone
The Associated Press, June 25, 2007

"Local children face risks with gaps in care"
Keri Brenner
The Olympian (Washington), June 24, 2007

"Orszag Takes on Health Care Spending Issues With Authority"
John Reichard
CQ HealthBeat, June 22, 2007

"The Patient's Prerogative: Hospitals Are Posting Surgical Results Online To Inform Those Considering Going Under The Knife"
Elizabeth Curlee
CBS News, June 21, 2007

"Let's focus on primary care"
Richard Feldman
The Indianapolis Star, June 19, 2007

"A train that hasn't left the station; Studies give lie to notion that healthcare is well on the way toward higher quality"
Todd Sloane
Modern Healthcare, June 18, 2007

"Florida healthcare ranks low"
John Dorschner
The Miami Herald, June 13, 2007

"Editorial: At the front for backs"
The Bangor Daily News (Maine), June 13, 2007

"Agency lists Wisconsin No. 1 in health care"
The Associated Press and Tribune staff
The La Crosse Tribune (Wisconsin), June 13, 2007

"Need a Knee Replaced? Check Your ZIP Code"
Stephanie Saul
The New York Times, June 11, 2007

"Who Pays for Efficiency?"
Steve Lohr
The New York Times, June 11, 2007

"Medical students get a dose of reality"
John Dorschner
The Miami Herald, June 10, 2007

"Gene Screens May Reveal Future Illnesses - Or Spur False Hopes"
Dianne Finch
New Hampshire Public Radio, June 8, 2007

"Health Care as if Costs Didn't Matter"
David Leonhardt
The New York Times, June 6, 2007

"Back Pain? Here's Relief: New research reveals what treats it best, and when"
Nancy Shute
U.S. News & World Report, June 3, 2007

"Surgery can fix back problems, but time works too"
Reuters, June 1, 2007

"Surgery best option to treat common back ailment"
Thomas H. Maugh II
The Los Angeles Times, May 31, 2007

"When Is Back Surgery Helpful?"
Jon LaPook
CBS News, May 30, 2007

"Heart Medications vs. Surgery: Area Cardiologists Say Study Results Won't Change How They Practice"
Kristen Fountain
The Valley News, May 28, 2007

"Hillary Clinton Unveils Plan For Reducing Health Care Costs"
Catharine Paddock
Medical News Today, May 25, 2007

"You Get What You Pay For"
Grace-Marie Turner
Galen Institute Reports, May 25, 2007

"Study: Fewer ICUs could save babies"
Mike Stobbe
The Associated Press, May 24, 2007

"How many new doctors do we really need?"
Renie Schapiro
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, May 20, 2007

"Fix health care? Mayo's on the case"
Chen May Yee
The Minneapolis Star Tribune, May 5, 2007

"Is Back Surgery Worth It?"
Catherine Guthrie
Real Simple, May 1, 2007

"Survival Plan"
Maggie Mahar
The American Prospect, April 30, 2007

"US higher education: Medicinal properties"
Rex Dalton
Nature, April 25, 2007

"To Screen - or Not?"
Katherine Hobson
U.S. News & World Report, April 23, 2007

"More not necessarily better when it comes to health care"
Ann Gowans
The Columbia Daily Tribune (Missouri), April 23, 2007

"What's Changed In the Protracted Health-Care Debate"
David Wessel
The Wall Street Journal, April 12, 2007

"Cost Counts"
Ezra Klein
The American Prospect, April 12, 2007

"Why Real Reform is Necessary--and Politically Possible"
Maggie Mahar
TPM Cafe, April 11, 2007

"Finding More Cancer Isn't the Answer"
H. Gilbert Welch, Lisa Schwartz and Steven Woloshin
The Washington Post, April 10, 2007

"Lessons of Heart Disease, Learned and Ignored"
Gina Kolata
The New York Times, April 8, 2007

"Perverse Incentives in Health Care"
John C. Goodman
The Wall Street Journal, April 5, 2007

"Dahlberg takes on health care 'myths'"
Gregory Hahn
The Idaho Statesman, April 4, 2007

"Fewer Doctors Choosing Family Practice"
Kathryn Stearns
The Valley News (New Hampshire), April 2, 2007

"Demand for Primary Care Providers Outpaces Supply"
Kathryn Stearns
The Valley News (New Hampshire), April 1, 2007

"Can The Increase In Health Care Expenditures Be Slowed?"
Thomson American Health Consultants, Inc.
AHC Newsletters, April 1, 2007

"Heart center to review stent study"
Joe Medici
The Chronicle-Telegram (Ohio), March 28, 2007

"MRIs urged in breast cancer detection"
Judy Peres
The Chicago Tribune, March 28, 2007

"Spokane doctor says stents shouldn't always be ruled out"
Jonel Aleccia
The Spokesman Review (Spokane, WA), March 27, 2007

"Surgical Sites: Who Picks the Hospital?"
Sandra G. Boodman
The Washington Post, March 27, 2007

"Cuban-style clinics may be a model for U.S."
John Dorschner
The Miami Herald, March 19, 2007

"Analysis: Is New Jersey killing Medicare?"
Olga Pierce
United Press International, March 12, 2007

"The End In Two Acts"
Lauren Kessler
The Los Angeles Times Magazine, March 11, 2007

"Usefulness of C-reactive protein test questioned"
Medical Research News, February 27, 2007

"Health Care: Keeping boomers running a little longer"
Sarah Arnquist
The Tribune (San Luis Obispo, CA), February 24, 2007

"Why America spends so freakin' much on health care"
Pat Regnier
CNN Money: Generation Risk Blog, February 21, 2007

"Authoritative Center Urged for Comparing Value of Treatments"
John Reichard
CQ HealthBeat, February 2007

"A Chance to Pick Hospice, and Still Hope to Live"
Reed Abelson
The New York Times, February 10, 2007

"Screening tests aren't as precise as we think"
Jeremy Manier
The Chicago Tribune, February 6, 2007

"Pin the Tail on the Doctor: A dearth of information leaves health-care consumers in the dark"
Karen M. Kroll
CFO Magazine, February 1, 2007

"Few dollars are spent on preventive care"
John Dorschner
The Miami Herald, January 28, 2007

"What's a Pound of Prevention Really Worth?"
David Leonhardt
The New York Times, January 24, 2007

"Patients learn to share in health care decisions"
Joe Fahy
The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, January 17, 2007

"'Observational' Studies Can Produce Skewed Results"
Amanda Gardner
HealthDay News, January 17, 2007

"Too many specialists hike cost"
Sara Solovitch
The Silicon Valley/San Jose Business Journal, January 15, 2007

"A Growth Spurt for Medical Schools"
Katherine Mangan
The Chronicle of Higher Education, January 12, 2007

"When It's O.K. to Run Hurt"
Gina Kolata
The New York Times, January 11, 2007

"Prescribed opinions: Can we trust the media to report fairly on health and medicine when it appears so heavily influenced by the drugs industry?"
Peter Aldhous
The New Scientist, January 6, 2007

"A Surprising Secret to a Long Life: Stay in School"
Gina Kolata
The New York Times, January 3, 2007

"Leave Us Alone"
Medindia, January 2, 2007

"As life ebbs, bills can mount: Millions of elderly get needless and costly medical care as they near death, a study says"
Alan Bavley and Julius A. Karash
The Kansas City Star, January 1, 2007

"Price pressures haunt digital mammography"
Emily Hayes
Diagnostic Imaging, January 1, 2007

2006
"Reports: Financial pressures, competition hurt NJ hospitals"
Linda A. Johnson
The Associated Press, December 26, 2006

"New Hampshire ranked third for health"
Cindy Kibbe
NH Business Review, December 22, 2006

"More on the Effects of Timed Births"
David Leonhardt
The New York Times, December 20, 2006

"Comprehensive New Jersey Health Care Almanac Finds Systemic Imbalances and Wide Variations in How Health Care is Delivered"
PRNewswire, December 18, 2006

"The More You Pay, the Better the Care? Think Twice"
Eduardo Porter
The New York Times, December 17, 2006

"High prices don't translate into better healthcare in South Florida"
John Dorschner
The Miami Herald, December 17, 2006

"What Money Doesn't Buy in Health Care"
David Leonhardt
The New York Times, December 13, 2006

"Hawaii's good health still leaves room for improvement"
The Star Bulletin (Hawaii), December 11, 2006

"Mercy a leader in back surgeries"
Kristin Buehner
The Globe Gazette (Iowa), December 9, 2006

"Area hospitals graded for procedure quality: EMH gets high marks for angioplasty"
Brad Dicken
The Chronicle-Telegram (Ohio), December 7, 2006

"How Healthy Is Your State? Rankings Released"
Internet Broadcasting, December 5, 2006

"Montanans work hard, play hard; area leads nation for back surgeries"
Diane Cochran
The Billings Gazette, December 4, 2006

"Watching and waiting for answers on back pain"
Rick Attig
The Oregonian, December 2, 2006

"FDA to study stent safety: Doctors fear device used in angioplasty could raise clot risk"
Cindy Leise and The Associated Press
The Chronicle-Telegram (Ohio), November 29, 2006

"How to Get Out of the Hospital Alive"
Erin Hobday and Ted Spiker
Men's Health, November 29, 2006

"Screen Alert: How an ounce of RX prevention can cause a pound of hurt"
Darshak Sanghavi
Slate, November 28, 2006

"Imaging rules changing focus: The CMS' revisions to imaging reimbursements, self-referrals could give hospitals a leg up on their physician competitors in '07"
Joseph Mantone
Modern Healthcare, November 27, 2006

"Study: Casper leads in spine surgery"
Allison Rupp
The Star-Tribune (Wyoming), November 27, 2006

"What to Do About Your Back Pain; Dartmouth Study Helps You Pick: Surgery or No"
Peter Jamison
The Valley News, November 23, 2006

"Study Questions Need to Operate on Disk Injuries"
Gina Kolata
The New York Times, November 22, 2006

"Studies find no need to pick back surgery: Researchers say that other treatments for sciatica work just as well in the long term"
Carla K. Johnson
The Associated Press, November 22, 2006

"To Cut Or Not To Cut: A clinical trial finds that back-pain sufferers with herniated disks improve with or without surgery"
Karen Springen
Newsweek, November 21, 2006

"Treating A Herniated Disk: Surgery Might Not Be Needed"
Michelle Andrews
U.S. News & World Report, November 21, 2006

"No 'best' fix for slipped disc"
Ronald Kotulak
The Chicago Tribune, November 21, 2006

"Study: Surgery Just One Option for Herniated Disk"
Michele Norris
National Public Radio, November 21, 2006

"Is Surgery Best Way To Stop Back Pain? New Major Study Suggests Sometimes People Are Too Quick With Procedure"
Melissa McNamara
CBS Evening News, November 21, 2006

"Surgery or exercise for bad back debated in study"
Reuters, November 21, 2006

"For Herniated Lumbar Disk, Medical Therapy Matches Surgery"
Judith Groch
MedPage Today, November 21, 2006

"Slipped Disc: Surgery Best for Pain?"
Daniel DeNoon
WebMD Medical News, November 21, 2006

"When Blind Faith in a Medical Fix Is Broken"
Denise Grady
The New York Times, November 16, 2006

"Cuts in Medicare payments will hurt care for Iowans"
Michael Kitchell
The Des Moines Register, November 16, 2006

"Aggressive care often extends costs, not life"
Jeremy Olson
St. Paul Pioneer Press, November 12, 2006

"Most HMOs Pay Physicians Geared to Performance"
Peggy Peck
MedPage Today, November 6, 2006

"Healthcare Code Blue: Not Only Do Americans Spend More Than Anyone Else on Health Care, Much of What We Buy Isn't the Best Stuff"
John Abramson
The Los Angeles Times, November 3, 2006

"Back surgery among older adults soars"
United Press International, November 3, 2006

"Rates of Lower Back Surgery Vary to 20-Fold, Ten-Year Review Finds"
DGNews, November 2, 2006

"Spinal surgery devices questioned"
Denise Gellene
The Los Angeles Times, November 1, 2006

"Attach some strings: Pair Medicare pay freeze with comprehensive reform"
Todd Sloane
Modern Physician, November 1, 2006

"Hospitals, Health Care System Show Wide Disparities in Performance"
Kirsten Brown
Scripps Howard Foundation Wire, October 28, 2006

"Patient groups special: Swallowing the best advice?"
Jessica Marshall and Peter Aldhous
The New Scientist, October 28, 2006

"Study of High-Risk Surgeries Finds Racial Disparity"
Mary Engel
The Los Angeles Times, October 25, 2006

"Deep-Pocket Whites More Likely to Get High-Quality Surgical Care"
Neil Osterweil
MedPage Today, October 25, 2006

"How Glaxo Marketed a Malady to Sell a Drug"
Jeanne Whalen
The Wall Street Journal, October 25, 2006

"High-volume hospitals less likely to treat minorities and uninsured"
Lisa Nainggolan
HeartWire, October 24, 2006

"An examination of risk: Early detection has resulted in higher rates. But not all forms are life threatening."
Mary Beckman
The Los Angeles Times, October 23, 2006

"The Elephant in the Operating Room"
Leif Wellington Haase
The Century Foundation, October 20, 2006

"Regional Differences in Health Care Spending"
Timothy Johnson
ABC News, October 20, 2006

"Debate surrounds end-of-life health care costs"
Julie Appleby
USA Today, October 19, 2006

"A Lesson From Europe on Health Care"
David Leonhardt
The New York Times, October 18, 2006

"Elyria hospital angioplasty work gets look after criticism"
Matt Suman
The Morning Journal (Ohio), October 18, 2006

"Areas show back surgery popularity"
United Press International, October 17, 2006

"Back pain is behind a debate: Procedure may be among many surgeries pushing medical costs higher"
Julie Appleby
USA Today, October 16, 2006

"Less Is More ... And Better"
Donald M. Berwick
Newsweek, October 16, 2006

"UPMC urging doctors to vote to bolster ranking"
Christopher Snowbeck
The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, October 13, 2006

"Modernizing Medicare"
Mary Jo Feldstein
The St. Louis Post-Dispatch, October 13, 2006

"Fix Medicare - Not Its Prices"
Michael F. Cannon
The New York Post, October 10, 2006

"One reprieve, strings necessary: Physician Medicare pay freeze must be paired with comprehensive reform"
Todd Sloane
Modern Healthcare, October 9, 2006

"Cost Rx: Medicare: Kicking the Can"
United Press International, September 29, 2006

"What's Really Propping Up The Economy"
Michael Mandel with Joseph Weber
BusinessWeek, September 25, 2006

"Call for Changes to Medicare Payments"
Kevin Freking, Associated Press
The Washington Post, September 21, 2006

"The Medicare Monster"
Robert J. Samuelson
The Washington Post, September 14, 2006

"Health dollars: Greater spending has brought longer lives, but value falls short"
The Columbus Dispatch, September 14, 2006

"Boldly Going Nowhere: Where to Die"
Bret Burquest
The South Missourian News, September 14, 2006

"Doctors Feverishly Seek to Halt Planned Cuts in Medicare Fees"
Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar
The Los Angeles Times, September 8, 2006

"Elyrians call injury lawyers to complain about ads"
Bette Pearce
The Chronicle-Telegram (Ohio), September 8, 2006

"Lawyers target EMH heart patients: Hospital stands by its angioplasty procedures"
Bette Pearce
The Chronicle-Telegram (Ohio), September 7, 2006

"Bypassing bypasses in Elyria?"
The Cleveland Plain Dealer, August 27, 2006

"Breast cancer screening: Is it pointless?"
Pulse, August 24, 2006

"Drug ads sell a problem, not a solution"
Jonathan Rowe
The Christian Science Monitor, August 21, 2006

"Hospital expansions: Grow now, pay later"
Christopher Snowbeck
The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, August 20, 2006

"EMH to probe high angioplasty rates"
Joe Medici
The Chronicle-Telegram (Ohio), August 19, 2006

"Angioplasty unusually common in Elyria"
Matt Suman
The Morning Journal (Ohio), August 19, 2006

"Heart Procedure Is Off the Charts in an Ohio City"
Reed Abelson
The New York Times, August 18, 2006

"Heart centers proliferate, but are five needed here?"
Josh Goldstein
The Philadelphia Inquirer, August 18, 2006

"A Preference for Ignorance"
Arnold Kling
TCS Daily, August 17, 2006

"Critical care can get lost in corporate medical practices"
Saul Friedman
New York Newsday, August 12, 2006

"Spending won't get N.J. better end-of-life care"
Stephen P. Goldfine
The Philadelphia Inquirer, July 26, 2006

"ER use in Dade less than expected"
John Dorschner
The Miami Herald, July 18, 2006

"Less May Be More When Managing Patients With Severe Chronic Illness"
Mike Mitka
JAMA, July 12, 2006

"Studies teach us to be skeptical: The latest findings often are not the last word"
Kate Santich
The Orlando Sentinel, July 11, 2006

"Unhealthy spending: With Medicare $$$, more not merrier"
The Union Leader (New Hampshire), July 11, 2006

"Too Many Doctors in the House"
David C. Goodman
The New York Times, July 10, 2006

"More doctors doesn't mean better health care"
The Associated Press
The Boston Globe, July 10, 2006

"Dartmouth-Hitchcock studies uneven care and costs across U.S."
Pat Hammond
The Union Leader (New Hampshire), July 10, 2006

"End-of-life study stirs debate"
Paul Kita
The Marietta Times, July 10, 2006

"Looking for Answers When Choosing Care"
Gina Kolata
The New York Times, June 30, 2006

"Care for dying: Too high a price?"
Josh Goldstein
The Philadelphia Inquirer, June 20, 2006

"A Call for More Doctors"
Doug Lederman
Inside Higher Ed, June 20, 2006

"Is your doctor paid to keep you healthy? Probably not."
Mary Jo Feldstein
The St. Louis Post-Dispatch, June 17, 2006

"Media Omit Basic Facts in Medical Reports"
Robert Roy Britt
LiveScience, June 15, 2006

"Report compares hospital reimbursements, quality"
Jennifer Gordon
The Dallas Business Journal, June 12, 2006

"Let's Move Medicine Into the Information Age"
Bill Frist
The American Enterprise Online, June 12, 2006

"Important Study Facts Often Missing In Media Reports About Medical Research"
ScienceDaily, June 11, 2006

"New Englanders should be much healthier: Prevention is cheaper than intervention"
Neal Peirce and Curtis Johnson
The Concord Monitor, June 9, 2006

"Schools must expand medical training, report says"
Mike Stobbe, Associated Press
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, June 7, 2006

"The Health Care Lottery: Taking Your Chances With Insurance, Money and Uncertain Treatments"
Michael Kinsley
The Washington Post, June 4, 2006

"In health care, less is more"
Truman Taylor
The Providence Journal, June 2, 2006

"Minding the Health Gap"
Arnold Kling
TCS Daily, June 1, 2006

"To cut Medicare costs, copy Iowa's efficiency: Adopt system encouraging quality, prudence"
The Des Moines Register, May 31, 2006

"Resources don't satisfy some doctors: Those with more not as happy, survey finds"
Ronald Kotulak
Chicago Tribune, May 30, 2006

"Marketing the illness and the cure? Drug ads may sell people on the idea that they are sick"
Rob Stein
The Washington Post, May 30, 2006

"US experts say patients, doctors need clearer data"
Susan Heavey
Reuters, May 30, 2006

"Medical Guesswork: From heart surgery to prostate care, the health industry knows little about which common treatments really work"
John Carey
BusinessWeek, May 29, 2006

"Excessive end-of-life care wastes billions, study finds"
Phil Galewitz
The Palm Beach Post, May 27, 2006

"In Jersey, we die a high-tech death: More use of hospice care urged"
Carol Ann Campbell
Newark Star-Ledger, May 26, 2006

"A sobering checkup at the Mayo Clinic: In health care, American consumers pay too much for too little"
Minneapolis Star-Tribune, May 25, 2006

"Last and Proud Of It"
Susan Wheeler
U.S. Fed News, May 24, 2006

"National experts fix a fictional, broken health-care system"
Jeff Hansel
The Post-Bulletin (Rochester, MN), May 23, 2006

"Price lists won't get us cheap health care"
David Irwin
The Concord Monitor, May 21, 2006

"With health care, more doesn't mean better"
The Concord Monitor, May 21, 2006

"Utah's elderly chronically ill find less is more"
Elaine Jarvik
Deseret News, May 21, 2006

"If You've Got a Pulse, You're Sick"
Gina Kolata
The New York Times, May 21, 2006

"Between art and science: terra incognita"
The St. Louis Post-Dispatch, May 20, 2006

"U.S. hospitals waste money, report says"
David Wenner
The Patriot-News (Pennsylvania), May 19, 2006

"Study reveals high costs in S. Fla: A new study reaffirms how expensive South Florida healthcare is -- and reveals large disparities between local hospitals"
John Dorschner
Miami Herald, May 18, 2006

"Wasting Medicare"
The Valley News, May 18, 2006

"UAB ranks well in intensive care study"
Dave Parks
The Birmingham News (Alabama), May 18, 2006

"End-of-life care isn't efficient, study finds: Too-aggressive treatment fails to yield better results for the chronically ill, the report says"
Harry Wessel
Orlando Sentinel, May 17, 2006

"End-of-life care in N.J. is priciest but not best: Medicare finds costs and results differ widely"
Carol Ann Campbell
Newark Star-Ledger, May 17, 2006

"City Hospitals Keep Sickest Patients Longer, Costing Billions, Study Finds"
Jill Gardiner
The New York Sun, May 17, 2006

"Study Finds Huge Waste In Medicare: Dartmouth Researchers Find Overspending Rife"
John P. Gregg
The Valley News, May 17, 2006

"More Care May Do No More for Hospitalized Chronically Ill"
Jeff Minerd
MedPage Today, May 17, 2006

"Care Varies at Top Medical Centers"
Ron Winslow
The Wall Street Journal, May 16, 2006

"Spending on health care varies widely by state, hospitals"
Julie Appleby
USA Today, May 16, 2006

"Less Health Care Can Be Better for Elderly"
Kevin Freking
The Associated Press, May 16, 2006

"Amount, cost of medical care varies widely"
United Press International, May 16, 2006

"Pricier hospitals get no better results"
United Press International, May 16, 2006

"Chronic care waste bleeds Medicare, report finds"
Reuters, May 16, 2006

"Less care could help chronically ill, study says"
Mary Jo Feldstein
The St. Louis Post-Dispatch, May 16, 2006

"Big variance found in area hospital costs: Bills for chronically ill don't always reflect quality of care"
Guy Boulton
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, May 16, 2006

"IHC top-notch on the cheap: Nationwide study heaps praise on SLC for its care of chronically ill"
Linda Fantin
The Salt Lake Tribune, May 16, 2006

"Study: More Care May Lead To Worse Outcomes For Chronically Ill"
Mary Agnes Carey
CQ HealthBeat, May 16, 2006

"Improved Surveillance May Explain Increase in Thyroid Cancers"
Peggy Peck
MedPage Today, May 9, 2006

"Building the next Twin Cities hospital: The Citizens League has some useful ideas"
The Minneapolis Star Tribune, April 27, 2006

"Breast-cancer genetic screening gives insight, but not all benefit"
Luke Shockman
The Toledo Blade, April 23, 2006

"Media Helping Pharma Companies Sell Illness"
Australian Doctor, April 21, 2006

"The Corporate Sponsored Creation of Disease Turns Healthy People Into Patients, Wastes Precious Resources, and Causes Iatrogenic Harm"
Medical News Today, April 13, 2006

"Are Doctors Biased?"
Sally Satel, M.D. and Jonathan Klick
American Enterprise Institute, April 12, 2006

"Employers Push White House to Disclose Medicare Data"
Robert Pear
The New York Times, April 11, 2006

"Employer-Physician Partnership Major Step Forward for P4P"
David Adler
Employee Benefit News, April 1, 2006

"The $11,000 lemon"
The St. Louis Post-Dispatch, March 28, 2006

"Improving care through coaching"
Tux Turkel
The Portland Press Herald (Maine), March 21, 2006

"No Doc Shortage: Study Irks Those Pushing Higher Med School Enrollment"
Andis Robeznieks
Modern Healthcare, March 20, 2006

"Physician shortage reaching unhealthy level: Buffalo area finds it hard to attract, keep doctors amid lures elsewhere"
Henry L. Davis
The Buffalo News, March 20, 2006

"Early, Unproven Findings Changing Doctors' Practice: Study finds many use experimental drugs too soon, potentially putting patients in danger"
E.J. Mundell
HealthDay News, March 16, 2006

"Fat or Fiction? Is There a Link Between Dietary Fat and Cancer Risk? Why Two Big Studies Reached Different Conclusions"
Lisa Schwartz, Steven Woloshin and H. Gilbert Welch
The Washington Post, March 14, 2006

"Efficiency, Not More Doctors, Is The Prescription For Aging Population"
Andy Nordhoff
Medical News Today, March 10, 2006

"Health systems spend big bucks, jockey for position"
Michael Pulley
The Sacramento Business Journal, March 10, 2006

"Top hospitals overtreat, study"
Olga Pierce
United Press International, March 9, 2006

"Efficiency, not more doctors, needed"
United Press International, March 8, 2006

"Q & A: Surgery and Back Pain"
Vikki Valentine
National Public Radio, March 8, 2006

"Study Contradicts A Future Doctor Shortage"
Andrea Moore
All Headline News, March 8, 2006

"No Pending Physician Shortage: Study"
Amanda Gardner
HealthDay News, March 7, 2006

"Demanding value in our health care system"
Mike Bonetto
The Oregonian, March 6, 2006

"For Back Pain, Few Easy Answers on Surgery"
Joanne Silberner
National Public Radio, March 2, 2006

"How to Get What We Want - Better Health Care: A conversation, not a confrontation"
Arnold Kling
The San Francisco Chronicle, March 1, 2006

"U.S. Health Care: World's Most Expensive"
Zlatica Hoke
Voice of America, February 28, 2006

"Extra care or extra cost?"
Susan Brink
The Los Angeles Times, February 27, 2006

"Great care needs cost injection"
Scott Milfred
The Wisconsin State Journal, February 25, 2006

"Skip Your Veggies? Not So Fast"
John Carey
BusinessWeek, February 20, 2006

"Health Care Study Finds Cheaper Can Be Better"
Kristen Fountain
Valley News, February 9, 2006

"A Better Way to Spread the Health -- and the Wealth"
Steven Pearlstein
The Washington Post, February 8, 2006

"Tried, True and Neglected; Patients Often Fail to Get Proven Tests and Treatments"
James T. Mulder
The Syracuse Post-Standard, February 8, 2006

"Spine Editor Proposes National Clinical Trials Consortium"
Newswise, January 29, 2006

"America's health-care crisis: Desperate measures"
The Economist, January 26, 2006

"Bush's Cure-All For Health Care Sidesteps Big Ills"
David Wessel
The Wall Street Journal, January 26, 2006

"What's the best way to evaluate medical information?"
Judy Foreman
The Boston Globe, January 23, 2006

"Hospital building booms in 'burbs"
Dennis Cauchon and Julie Appleby
USA Today, January 3, 2006

"What's Driving the Cost?"
Kristin Carlson
WCAX News, January 3, 2006

"Where you live a factor in what doctor does"
Jonathan Maze
The Charleston Post and Courier, January 2, 2006

"Money talks, common sense walks in Mass., insurance debate"
John Abramson
The Boston Herald, January 1, 2006

2005
"Don't Swallow Everything!"
U.S. News & World Report, December 24, 2005

"A fitting swan song for Jennings"
Verne Gay
New York Newsday, December 15, 2005

"Breakdown - America's Health Insurance Crisis"
Peter Jennings Reporting
ABC News, December 15, 2005

"Cancer Screening Questioned"
Rachael Myers Lowe
cancerpage.com, December 14, 2005

"Consumer Choice: Can It Cure The Nation's Health-Care Ills?"
Laurie McGinley
The Wall Street Journal, December 13, 2005

"Age and race are likely determinants for mammography screening in elderly women"
NewsRx, December 12, 2005

"Needed: one set of standards; IOM calls for universal pay-for-performance criteria"
Matthew DoBias
Modern Healthcare, December 5, 2005

"Better final days: The end of life need not be filled with extreme medical costs and intensive care"
Shannon Brownlee
The Los Angeles Times, November 26, 2005

"Doctors Wielding Data: Helping patients and cutting costs"
Timothy J. Mullaney
BusinessWeek, November 21, 2005

"Nearing life's end: Sacramento gets high marks for humane treatment of the dying"
Sacramento Bee, November 20, 2005

"Study: More care doesn't mean longer life for chronically ill"
Robert Jablon
The Associated Press, November 17, 2005

"Area's high ranking for end-of-life care was decade in making"
Dorsey Griffith
Sacramento Bee, November 17, 2005

"Spending Among California Hospitals To Care for Medicare Beneficiaries Varies Widely; More Spending Does Not Always Equal Better Care, Study Says"
Medical News Today, November 17, 2005

"L.A. Leads in Costly Care for the Dying: Heroic measures with elderly are often futile, a study of California hospitals finds"
Charles Ornstein and Rong-Gong Lin II
Los Angeles Times, November 16, 2005

"More care not always better, study says: Disparities rife in hospital treatment of state Medicare patients"
Victoria Colliver
San Francisco Chronicle, November 16, 2005

"End-of-life care in Sacramento region praised"
Jim Wasserman
Sacramento Bee, November 16, 2005

"Will surgery stop your back pain?"
Jim Ritter
Chicago Sun-Times, November 6, 2005

"Hard to tell if flu vaccines are just shots in the dark"
Elaine Carey
The Toronto Star, November 4, 2005

"Doctors team up to deal with Boise spine care mystery: City's high rate of back surgery gets scrutiny"
Melissa McGrath
The Idaho Statesman, November 3, 2005

"Your Aching Back"
Sylvia Perez
ABC7 Chicago, November 2, 2005

"On Health Care: Too much of a good thing?"
Margaret E. O'Kane
San Francisco Chronicle, November 2, 2005

"Bill seeks better minority health care"
Peter Urban
The Connecticut Post, November 2, 2005

"This Man Wants To Heal Health Care"
Timothy J. Mullaney
BusinessWeek, October 31, 2005

"Integration demonstration: The CMS' latest pay-for-performance initiative will test the power of integrated delivery systems to alter doc practice patterns
Michael Romano
Modern Healthcare, October 31, 2005

"Hospital care dips based on race of clientele"
Paul Wenske
The Kansas City Star, October 26, 2005

"Winners Announced for the $10,000 Annual Picker Institute Awards for Excellence in Patient Centered Care"
Sara Steindorf
PRNewswire, October 26, 2005

"A Shot of Fear: Flu Death Risk Often Exaggerated; So Is Benefit of Vaccine"
Steven Woloshin, Lisa M. Schwartz and H. Gilbert Welch
The Washington Post, October 25, 2005

"Hospital inequalities widen the care gap"
Liz Szabo
USA Today, October 24, 2005

"Douglas and the Dems"
The Brattleboro Reformer, October 20, 2005

"An AP News Analysis: New optimism in health care debate"
Christopher Graff
The Associated Press, October 18, 2005

"Health care summit brings agreements to disagree"
David Gram
The Associated Press, October 17, 2005

"Expert: Medical spending wasteful"
James T. Mulder
Syracuse Post-Standard, October 15, 2005

"Doctor doubts benefit of more health spending"
Chen May Yee
Minneapolis Star Tribune, October 14, 2005

"NCQA Report Shows Health Care Quality Up, But Enrollment Down In Plans That Report On Performance"
U.S. Newswire, October 3, 2005

"It's a sick system; Despite Americans' big dig for insurance, quality of care falls short"
John Abramson
The Boston Herald, September 25, 2005

"A Free Lunch in Health Care"
David Adler
Barron's Online, September 19, 2005

"Healthcare Access: Study shows African-American seniors receive fewer life-saving surgeries"
Obesity, Fitness & Wellness Week, September 17, 2005

"Exercising That Back Pain Away"
Melena Z. Ryzik
The New York Times, September 15, 2005

"Stunning News of a Tumor Serendipitously Discovered"
Carol Krucoff
The New York Times, September 6, 2005

"The good sun? Skin cancer is as deadly as ever, but now some doctors wonder if avoiding all rays is the answer"
Brian Kladko
The Boston Globe, August 29, 2005

"Warned, but Worse Off"
Steven Woloshin, Lisa Schwartz, and H. Gilbert Welch
The New York Times, August 22, 2005

"Think again before cancer screenings, doctors warn"
Adam Cresswell
The Australian, August 20, 2005

"Race Gap Persists In Health Care, Three Studies Say: Blacks Get Fewer Tests, Less Therapy and Medicine"
Rob Stein
The Washington Post, August 18, 2005

"Scant progress amid racial healthcare gaps"
Stephen Smith
The Boston Globe, August 18, 2005

"Racial gap closing for some medical care, studies suggest"
Jeff Donn
The Associated Press, August 18, 2005

"Study: Racial gap persists in some medical treatment"
Katrice Hardy
The Virginian-Pilot, August 18, 2005

"When does hysterectomy go too far?"
Judy Foreman
The Los Angeles Times, August 15, 2005

"New Vancouver hospital beds raise cost issues"
Robin J. Moody
The Portland Business Journal, August 14, 2005

"No simple answers on lung cancer: Screening tests may do more harm than good, many experts say"
Laura Beil
The Dallas Morning News , August 13, 2005

"Melanoma Is Epidemic. Or Is It?"
Gina Kolata
The New York Times, August 9, 2005

"A Surgeon Earns Riches, Enmity By Plucking Profitable Patients; Specialty Hospitals Go Public, Sparking Ire in Rapid City; Older Facility Faces Losses"
David Armstrong
The Wall Street Journal, August 2, 2005

"Surgery - Yes or No? A Landmark Study Led by Dartmouth Medical School Could Make It Easier to Decide"
Barbara Coles
New Hampshire Magazine, August 1, 2005

"State's Seniors Fare Well Under Medicare"
Meg Heckman
The Concord Monitor, July 29, 2005

"At California Hospital, Red Flags and an FBI Raid: State Regulators Cited Concerns but Say They Couldn't Force Change"
Gilbert M. Gaul
The Washington Post, July 25, 2005

"Chronic Condition: The Waste in Medicare Spending; Bad Practices Net Hospitals More Money"
Gilbert M. Gaul
The Washington Post, July 24, 2005

"Chronic Condition: The Waste in Medicare Spending; Early Deals Set the Stage for Today's Problems"
Gilbert M. Gaul
The Washington Post, July 24, 2005

"Chronic Condition: The Waste in Medicare Spending; When Geography Influences Treatment Options"
Gilbert M. Gaul
The Washington Post, July 24, 2005

"Why we must invest in electronic medical records "
William H. Frist
The San Francisco Chronicle, July 24, 2005

"Panel Fears Collapse of U.S. Health System"
Lois M. Collins
Deseret News, July 23, 2005

"Is Heart Surgery Worth It?"
John Carey with Amy Barrett
BusinessWeek, July 7, 2005

"New pediatrician workforce policy addresses growing challenges in health care"
Andy Nordhoff
Medical News Today, July 6, 2005

"Study casts new doubts on prostate cancer test"
Liz Szabo
USA Today, July 5, 2005

"Suddenly Sick: The Hidden Big Business Behind Your Doctor's Diagnosis"
Susan Kelleher and Duff Wilson
The Seattle Times, June 26, 2005

"Individual health insurance costs in Miami among the nation's highest"
John Dorschner
The Miami Herald, June 15, 2005

"Malpractice Payouts Have Not Soared, Reports Say: The two studies suggest jury awards have little to do with skyrocketing liability insurance rates"
Lisa Girion
The Los Angeles Times, June 1, 2005

"Rising doctors' premiums not due to lawsuit awards"
Liz Kowalczyk
The Boston Globe, June 1, 2005

"U.S. malpractice rates not due to jury awards - survey"
Kim Dixon
Reuters, June 1, 2005

"States that cap malpractice awards attract more doctors, study finds: Huge awards aren't catalyst for high rates"
Kevin Freking
The Associated Press, June 1, 2005

"Malpractice Problem Not Solved With Obvious Answers"
Julie Rovner
National Public Radio, May 31, 2005

"The next payment model; Reimbursement based only on quality of care is coming soon"
Jack Ebeler
Modern Healthcare, May 30, 2005

"Local Knowledge: The Talk of the Town"
James Surowiecki
The New Yorker, May 23, 2005

"Center's research often draws national attention"
Mark Davis
The Concord Monitor, May 22, 2005

"Hospitals wage ad war; critics call it unhealthy"
Sharon Terlep
The Detroit News, May 22, 2005

"Making Sense of Medical News: A Critical Eye Can Help You Separate the Hope From the Hype"
Consumer Reports, May 2005

"Vital Signs: Screenings; Celebrities May Not Know Best"
Eric Nagourney
The New York Times, May 10, 2005

"Researchers: Aspirin Benefits Overstated"
United Press International, May 10, 2005

"Overstating Aspirin's Role In Breast Cancer Prevention"
Lisa M. Schwartz, Steven Woloshin and H. Gilbert Welch
The Washington Post, May 10, 2005

"Unique N.H. Program Helps Patients Make Medical Decisions"
Holly Ramer
Nashua Telegraph, May 8, 2005

"Study examines influence of celebrity endorsements of cancer screening"
Medical News Today, May 4, 2005

"Survey: Celebs Spur Cancer Screenings"
The Associated Press, May 3, 2005

"Star Turns for Cancer-Screening Tests Gets Attention"
Lee Bowman
Knoxville News Sentinel, May 3, 2005

"Healthy? Think Again: New ways of diagnosing illness are changing the rules of medicine"
Katherine Hobson
U.S. News & World Report, May 2, 2005

"Medical centers in area feel pull of MRI devices: Boom in health-care units tied to money, access, technology"
Luke Shockman
Toledo Blade, May 2, 2005

"Making Sense of Medical News: A Critical Eye Can Help You Separate the Hope From the Hype"
Consumer Reports on Health, May 1, 2005

"Let There be Light on Medical Bills"
Raymond C. Scheppach
Kansas City infozine, May 1, 2005

"Hospital focuses on helping patients make tough medical decisions"
Holly Ramer
The Portsmouth Herald, April 24, 2005

"What's needed on prescription labels"
Steven Woloshin and Lisa M. Schwartz
The Boston Globe, April 20, 2005

"CMS Reports Spike in Medicare Spending on Physician Services"
David Glendinning
American Medical News, April 18, 2005

"A Time When Less Was Indeed More"
Gina Kolata and Reed Abelson
The New York Times, April 15, 2005

"The Most Expensive Diseases"
Matthew Herper
Forbes, April 14, 2005

"The Informed Patient: Hospitals Give Patients More Data"
Laura Landro
The Wall Street Journal, April 6, 2005

"Pushing Procedures: Study Condemns Ads by Academic Medical Center"
Michael Romano
Modern Healthcare, April 4, 2005

"Researchers slam hospital advertising: Ads use fear, tout questionable services"
Jessica T. Lee
The Concord Monitor, April 3, 2005

"How We Die: Choice and Chance"
Anne Applebaum
The Washington Post, March 30, 2005

"Study Finds Fault With Medical Ads"
Jessica T. Lee
The Valley News, March 29, 2005

"For Dying, Geography Can Be Destiny"
Matthew Herper
Forbes, March 28, 2005

"Study Raises Questions About Hospital Ads"
Lindsey Tanner
The Associated Press, March 28, 2005

"Study Questions Practice of Hospital Advertising"
Amanda Gardner
HealthDay News, March 28, 2005

"A User's Guide to Finding Reliable Health Information to the Web"
Judy Foreman
The Naples Daily News, March 27, 2005

"Popular Heart Process Studied: Result: Angioplasty Might Be Overused"
Garret Condon
The Hartford Courant, March 16, 2005

"Drugs can help heart patients as much as surgery - study"
Reuters, March 15, 2005

"Older Heart Patients Do Well With Drugs: Surgery to Treat Heart Attacks Often Unneeded, Study Shows"
Salynn Boyles
WebMD Medical News, March 15, 2005

"Drug Therapy as Good as Invasive Procedures After Heart Attacks"
Ed Edelson
HealthDay News, March 15, 2005

"Drug Therapy May be Comparable to Invasive Cardiac Procedures for Elderly Patients with Heart Attack"
JAMA, March 15, 2005

"Six-Fold Increase In Certain Esophageal Cancer Is Real, Dartmouth/VA Researchers Say"
Healthcare Review, Northeast Network, March 15, 2005

"The Quality Cure?"
Roger Lowenstein
The New York Times Magazine, March 13, 2005

"Report: An approaching health care crisis"
Shawne K. Wickham
The Union Leader (New Hampshire), March 13, 2005

"Health reform initiatives slowly beginning to take shape"
Ross Sneyd
The Associated Press, March 8, 2005

"Universal Care Could Cramp System at First"
Steve Gordon
The Valley News, March 2, 2005

"Health care: A system under siege"
Michael McCord
The Portsmouth Herald, February 28, 2005

"You get what you pay for not"
Marc Ringel, M.D.
The Brush News Tribune (Colorado), February 28, 2005

"Behind Those Medical Malpractice Rates"
Joseph B. Treaster and Joel Brinkley
The New York Times, February 22, 2005

"Assessing medical risks: The way we read the statistics can have life or death consequences"
Tom Spears
The Ottawa Citizen, February 19, 2005

"Some Common Medical Tests of Dubious Value, Health Experts Say"
Bruce Taylor Seeman
Newhouse News Service, February 14, 2005

"Small Hospitals Battle For Right To Do Angioplasties"
Liz Kowalczyk
The Boston Globe, February 13, 2005

"Is Regular Prostate Cancer Screening a Good Idea? Maybe Not: A Second Opinion"
H. Gilbert Welch
The Valley News, February 4, 2005

"Paying for Better Care, Not More: Medicare Joins the P4P Movement"
David Wessel
The Wall Street Journal, February 3, 2005

"Analysis: Sorting out Medicare reform"
Ellen Beck
United Press International, February 2, 2005

"Where the Naproxen Story Went Wrong; When NIH Halted a Major Study, Citing Risks From a Common Painkiller, the Media Played the News Big. That Was Just Part of the Problem"
Steven Woloshin, Lisa M. Schwartz and H. Gilbert Welch
The Washington Post, February 1, 2005

"Questions arise about costs, need for medical scans"
Christopher Snowbeck
The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, January 30, 2005

"Nova advocates hospital: A proposal to build a new hospital on the campus of Nova Southeastern University is facing criticism from neighboring facilities"
John Dorschner
Miami Herald, January 28, 2005

"Are Treatment Guidelines Reliable?"
Laura Landro
The Wall Street Journal, January 26, 2005

"Esophageal Cancer Rise Is Real"
Patricia Neighmond
National Public Radio, January 18, 2005

2004
"An American Failure"
The St. Louis Post-Dispatch, December 26, 2004

"Burden of Proof: At 32, a Decision: Is Cancer Small Enough to Ignore?"
Amy Dockser Marcus
The Wall Street Journal, December 20, 2004

"Charting health's 'oops' factor"
Lisa Greene
St. Petersburg Times, December 13, 2004

"The Picture Problem: Mammography, Air Power, and the Limits of Looking"
Malcolm Gladwell
The New Yorker, December 13, 2004

"Hospital acted on surgery questions: Nine cardiologists at Bayonet Point were suspended when procedures are questioned"
Collins Conner
St. Petersburg Times, December 10, 2004

"New Hampshire in Focus: New Hampshire Hospitals To Be Focus Of Federal Health Care Initiative"
Healthcare Review, Northeast Network, December 10, 2004

"How Africa Subsidizes U.S. Health Care"
Sebastian Mallaby
The Washington Post, November 29, 2004

"Benefits board outlines ambitious health plans"
Robin J. Moody
The Portland Business Journal, November 26, 2004

"Smart or Misguided? The Proactive Doctor"
Barron H. Lerner
The New York Times, November 16, 2004

"Getting the most out of a medical study"
Judy Foreman
The Boston Globe, November 16, 2004

"Toward best-practice medicine"
Editorial: mnhealthcare.org
Minnesota Star-Tribune, November 15, 2004

"Special Report: Smart Patient's Guide: 4. Take Charge"
Katherine Hobson
U.S. News & World Report, November 8, 2004

"DHMC Grant Should Help Patients Make Better Choices"
The Valley News, October 30, 2004

"CMS to test effects of patient involvement in care"
Jeff Tieman
Modern Healthcare, October 28, 2004

"Study questions safety of heart procedures at hospitals without cardiac surgery programs"
Andrew Nordhoff
Medical News Today, October 28, 2004

"Study questions safety of expanding angioplasty"
Cinda Becker
Modern Healthcare, October 27, 2004

"Seattle near the bottom in hospital care study"
Claudia Rowe
The Seattle Post-Intelligencer, October 13, 2004

"The Most Wasteful Medicare States"
Matthew Herper
Forbes, October 12, 2004

"Variations on a theme; Dartmouth studies suggest that more care isn't always better, with better hospitals using fewer resources, physician visits"
Tony Fong
Modern Healthcare, October 11, 2004

"Fall Guys: Healthcare's new police dramas are about quality AND reality shows"
Neil McLaughlin
Modern Healthcare, October 11, 2004

"Studies Raise Questions On Value of Intensive Care"
Ceci Connolly
The Washington Post, October 8, 2004

"Hospital Care For Elderly With Chronic Conditions Varies In U.S."
Mary Agnes Carey
CQ HealthBeat, October 8, 2004

"Quality of Care Varies Widely at Top-Ranked Hospitals, Health Affairs Studies Find"
California Health Line, October 8, 2004

"McClellan: New Payment Systems Might Up Quality, Lower Costs"
Julie Rovner
CongressDaily, October 8, 2004

"Health Care Varies Greatly at U.S. Hospitals"
Todd Zwillich
WebMD Medical News, October 8, 2004

"Care of Medicare patients varies widely at top hospitals"
Vanessa Maltin
Cox News Service, October 7, 2004

"Studies Question Ranking of Best Hospitals"
Mark Sherman
The Associated Press, October 7, 2004

"Care at 'top' hospitals varies widely, studies say"
Tony Fong
Modern Healthcare, October 7, 2004

"Health Care Varies Even at 'Best' Hospitals"
Amanda Gardner
HealthDayNews, October 7, 2004

"Health Care By the Numbers Saves Money"
Steven Pearlstein
The Washington Post, October 6, 2004

"Boomer Health Care Dilemma"
Jennifer Warner
WebMD Medical News, September 29, 2004

"Mild Back Pain: Advice as Good as Therapy"
Sid Kirchheimer
WebMD Medical News, September 23, 2004

"The Medicare Challenge"
The Washington Post, September 8, 2004

"Strong medicine: Health care players should compete over value, not price"
The Concord Monitor, September 6, 2004

"Health and the Budget"
The Washington Post, August 17, 2004

"The Tax Cuts Re-Examined"
The Washington Post, August 15, 2004

"Medical Care; Sometimes the test can be worse than the cure"
H. Gilbert Welch
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, July 5, 2004

"Dangers in Early Detection"
H. Gilbert Welch
The Washington Post, July 1, 2004

"10 Million Women Who Lack Cervix Get Pap Tests"
Gina Kolata
The New York Times, June 23, 2004

"Millions of women who have had hysterectomies get needless Pap tests"
Lindsey Tanner
The Associated Press, June 23, 2004

"Women without cervix often have unneeded Pap tests"
Megan Rauscher
Reuters Health, June 22, 2004

"Many Women Getting Unneeded Pap Tests"
Kathleen Doheny
HealthDay News, June 22, 2004

"Study finds Pap smears overused"
Joyce Howard Prince
The Washington Times, June 22, 2004

"Cancer Tests: the Good, the Bad, the Confusing"
Denise Grady
The New York Times, June 21, 2004

"It Was Medical Gospel, But It Wasn't True"
Gina Kolata
The New York Times, May 30, 2004

"Dartmouth-VA Medical Study: Tell Benefits of Drugs, Too"
Steve Gordon
The Valley News, May 28, 2004

"A Study Questions Blood-Test Results On Prostate Cancer"
Gina Kolata
The New York Times, May 27, 2004

"Primary care physicians count: Solid pool of doctors help keep health quality up, costs down"
Howard Brody
Detroit Free Press, May 24, 2004

"Better Health, On The Cheap"
James Mehring
BusinessWeek, May 24, 2004

"Experts seek more use of data in health care"
The Associated Press, May 19, 2004

"Doctor- vs. data-driven: Medical data expert calls for change in the way hospitals deliver health care"
Jill Schramm
The Minot Daily News, May 19, 2004

"When to Quit Medical Tests Remains Murky"
The Associated Press, May 18, 2004

"Cancer scan: do we all need one?"
Jerome Burne
The London Times, May 11, 2004

"Health-care costs; Legislature still has time"
Minneapolis Star Tribune, May 6, 2004

"Screen Test: Finding Cancers Is Complex And Less Precise Than Doctors - And Patients - Would Like"
Stephen Smith
The Boston Globe, May 4, 2004

"Now Can We Talk About Health Care?"
Hillary Rodham Clinton
The New York Times, April 18, 2004

"Cancer tests only 'help a very few': Benefits of screening for disease are rare, difficult to measure, specialist argues in controversial book"
Sharon Kirkey
The Ottawa Citizen, April 15, 2004

"Study: Medicare thrift can be good medicine"
Jennifer Heldt Powell
The Boston Herald, April 7, 2004

"Quick fixes for heart may not be best medicine"
Collins Conner
St. Petersburg Times, April 4, 2004

"Books on Health; When Tests Go Wrong"
John Langone
The New York Times, March 23, 2004

"With Costs Rising, Treating Back Pain Often Seems Futile"
Gina Kolata
The New York Times, February 9, 2004

2003
"An Operation to Ease Back Pain Bolsters the Bottom Line, Too"
Reed Abelson and Melody Petersen
The New York Times, December 31, 2003

"More Medicine Is Not Better Medicine"
Elliott S. Fisher
The New York Times, December 1, 2003

"Patients at risk from untried surgeons"
Nigel Hawkes
The Times (London), November 27, 2003

"A tug of war for hearts; Smaller hospitals are vying for the right to perform angioplasties. At stake: quality of care, professional pride, patient convenience -- and, of course, money"
Garret Condon
The Hartford Courant, November 24, 2003

"Generous Medicare Payments Spur Specialty Hospital Boom"
Reed Abelson
The New York Times, October 26, 2003

"V.A. Shift to Outpatient Care Is Efficient and Sound, Study Finds"
The Associated Press, October 23, 2003

"Health care quality unaffected by shorter hospital stays"
Kathleen Fackelmann
USA Today, October 23, 2003

"V.A. Pioneering Low-Cost Care: It Shows Other Medical Providers More Isn't Always Better"
Jack Kelly
The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, October 23, 2003

"Hill Supports Medicare Boost To Rural Areas"
Amy Goldstein
The Washington Post, October 20, 2003

"Healthcare myth: More equals better: More doctor visits and more procedures don't add up to healther people"
Pat Regnier
Money, October 13, 2003

"How to find the best care: Advice for choosing the best place for your care"
Jean Chatzky
Money, October 13, 2003

"Surgery's Racial Divide: Fewer black men have knees replaced"
Delthia Ricks
New York Newsday, October 2, 2003

"Medicare Moments: Pampered Patients Can Be a Hard Pill for the System"
The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, September 22, 2003

"Patients in Florida Lining Up for All That Medicare Covers"
Gina Kolata
The New York Times, September 13, 2003

"Operating Profits: Mining Medicare; How One Hospital Benefited From Questionable Surgery"
Kurt Eichenwald
The New York Times, August 12, 2003

"Tenet to pay $54M to settle disputed surgery case"
Julie Appleby
USA Today, August 7, 2003

"Why are local healthcare costs among the highest in the nation?"
John Dorschner
Miami Herald, July 21, 2003

"Less is more? As costs, tests increase, so do risks"
John Dorschner
Miami Herald, July 21, 2003

"To Go Under the Knife -- or Not?"
Kate Murphy
BusinessWeek, July 7, 2003

"A Dose Of Thriftiness"
Guy Boulton
The Tampa Tribune, July 6, 2003

"The elephant in the room"
Mortimer B. Zuckerman
U.S. News & World Report, June 30, 2003

"The Perils of Prevention"
Shannon Brownlee
The New York Times, March 16, 2003

"Healthy Choices: World's finest system of medical care has room for improvement"
The Columbus Dispatch, March 12, 2003

"Body and Soul: More money spent on medical care doesn't help patients"
The San Diego Union-Tribune, March 3, 2003

"Study sees room for 30 percent cut in Medicare costs"
Reuters, February 18, 2003

"Medicare study shows best care isn't always the most expensive"
Ron Winslow
The Wall Street Journal, February 18, 2003

"More May Not Be Better, Medicare Study Says; Researchers find room for savings of 30% on care, but say cuts must be made cautiously"
Carla Hall
Los Angeles Times, February 18, 2003

"Dartmouth study: More Medicare spending does not translate to better health"
Michael Rubinkam
The Associated Press, February 18, 2003

"Patterns: When Money Doesn't Matter
John O'Neil
The New York Times, February 18, 2003

"Medicare: More May Not Be Better Study Finds Increased Spending Doesn't Equal Better Health"
Richard Knox
National Public Radio, February 18, 2003

"Case Made for Less Treatment"
Steve Gordon
Valley News, February 18, 2003

"More health care doesn't lead to better health or higher satisfaction: study"
Helen Branswell
The Canadian Press, February 18, 2003

"More spending doesn't lead to better health, study finds"
Tom Arnold
The National Post, February 18, 2003

"National Study in Tuesday's Annals of Internal Medicine Mirrors Research Findings in Michigan"
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan
PRNewswire, February 18, 2003

"The Overtreated American"
Shannon Brownlee
The Atlantic Monthly, January/February 2003

"Large H.M.O. to Make Treatment Guidelines Public"
Milt Freudenheim
The New York Times, January 24, 2003

2002
"Consumers lack a voice in hospital spending"
David Irwin
The Concord Monitor, December 1, 2002

"State ranks low in 'good-death' rating"
Carol M. Ostrom
The Seattle Times, November 29, 2002

"Bitter medicine; More out-of-pocket costs or no care at all"
Pamela Gaynor
The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, November 17, 2002

"Help on the Web: Sites offer tools for better treatment decisions tailored to specific conditions"
Tom Majeski
The Montreal Gazette, November 9, 2002

"Medical sleuths had eyes on Redding hospitals; Heart-surgery rate has been high for years"
Sabin Russell and Bill Wallace
The San Francisco Chronicle, November 7, 2002

"Redding health care under scrutiny; The probe of two doctors spotlights broader questions"
Dorsey Griffith
The Sacramento Bee, November 6, 2002

"California patients talk of needless heart surgery"
Andrew Pollack
The New York Times, November 3, 2002

"Lumpectomies seen as equal in benefit to breast removals"
Gina Kolata
The New York Times, October 17, 2002

"Dilemma on prostate cancer treatment splits experts"
Gina Kolata
The New York Times, September 17, 2002

"The take-charge patient"
Carol Marie Cropper
BusinessWeek, August 26, 2002

"For babies' sake: Neonatal-intensive-care units busier than ever in area"
Tammie Smith
The Richmond Times-Dispatch, August 26, 2002

"When too much care can be bad for your health"
John E. Wennberg
The New Scientist, August 17, 2002

"Research Suggests More Health Care May Not Be Better"
Gina Kolata
The New York Times, July 21, 2002

"Experts strive to put diseases in proper perspective"
Gina Kolata
The New York Times, July 2, 2002

"Regional care cradles sick babies; Neonatal ICUs fill needs, but doctors disagree about numbers"
Regina McEnery
The Plain Dealer, June 18, 2002

"Study finds inefficiency in health care"
Milt Freudenheim
The New York Times, June 11, 2002

"Another way too many hospitals is hurting Buffalo"
The Buffalo News, May 26, 2002

"High-volume hospitals are a patient's best bet"
The Columbus Dispatch, May 19, 2002

"Study finds an oversupply of neonatal doctors"
The New York Times, May 16, 2002

"Proliferation of facilities not linked to infant mortality, study indicates"
Marie McCullough
The Philadelphia Inquirer, May 16, 2002

"Oversupply of doctors for high-risk newborns"
Byron Spice
The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, May 16, 2002

"Study finds neonatal care excessive: Specialty has mushroomed into too much of a good thing"
The Associated Press, May 15, 2002

"Prostate surgeons' experience counts"
Delthia Ricks
Newsday (New York, NY), April 30, 2002

"Studies tie success of some operations to number a hospital does"
Linda Villarosa
The New York Times, April 11, 2002

"Surgical experience matters in the operating room"
The Associated Press, April 10, 2002

"The medical mystery of Sun City and other health care oddities"
David Wessel
The Wall Street Journal, March 21, 2002

"Perhaps his health ideas make too much sense"
Sara Fritz
St. Petersburg Times, February 25, 2002

"Hospitals fight for turf in medical arms race"
Julie Appleby
USA Today, February 20, 2002

2001
"Comparing the health care of states (more spending doesn't help)"
Elliott S. Fisher and Jonathan Skinner
The Providence Journal, March 17, 2001

"Mastectomies, sometimes unneeded, prevail"
Hilary Macht Felgran
The New York Times, January 23, 2001

2000
"The perilous focus on medical error"
H. Gilbert Welch, M.D. and Elliott S. Fisher, M.D.
The Providence Journal, November 26, 2000

"Lifeline: The Quality of Medical Care You Receive May Depend on Where You Live"
NBC Nightly News, October 4, 2000

"The operation you get often depends on where you live"
Dan Vergano
USA Today, September 19, 2000

"New Dartmouth Atlas: Improving US cardiac care?"
Laura Newman
The Lancet, August 19, 2000

1999
"The educated patient: Highmark program will help people make informed decisions about health care"
Christopher Snowbeck
The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, December 7, 1999

"Senior revolt"
David Shapinsky
ABC News, November 17, 1999

"Vital Statistics"
Greg Mott
The Washington Post, September 28, 1999

"Focus: The Sun City Choice"
Susan Dentzer
The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer, September 10, 1999

"Giving short weight to an ounce of prevention"
Richard Knox
The Boston Globe, May 17, 1999

"Elderly not getting right preventive care: Medicare-covered services vary by region, study says"
The Columbus Dispatch, April 20, 1999

"Study Maps Health Care Practices"
Joe Rojas-Burke
The Oregonian, April 20, 1999

"Medicare recipients miss out on many preventive services"
Lee Bowman
Cleveland Plain Dealer, April 20, 1999

"Despite Medicare, Elderly Fail to Have Preventive Care Exams"
Amy Goldstein
The Washington Post, April 19, 1999

"Medicare blasted for inequity, inefficiency"
Anita Manning
USA Today, April 19, 1999

"Too Many Not Receiving Preventive Health Care"
Jonathan Lord
The San Francisco Chronicle, April 19, 1999

"Medicare patients not using preventive testing, study says"
Chicago Sun-Times, April 19, 1999

"Area ranks high in heart surgery for Medicare patients: City's ranking triggers study to reduce such procedures"
Neil Rosenberg
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, January 8, 1999

1998
"End-Of-Life Care Reform"
Cleveland Plain Dealer, November 30, 1998

"More die in hospitals with more beds: 'If the hospital beds are there, doctors are going to use them for dying patients'"
Lee Bowman
The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, October 9, 1998

"Benefits unclear at 70 and older"
Lauran Neergaard
Chicago Sun-Times, September 21, 1998

"Mammograms Cause Anxiety In the Elderly"
The Associated Press, September 16, 1998

"Therapies for prostate cancer are re-examined"
St. Petersburg Times, September 16, 1998

"Myth of the Managed Care Monster"
Robert Samuelson
The Washington Post, July 29, 1998

"Regional quirks show health care in U.S. can be all over the map"
Henry Davis
Buffalo News, February 15, 1998

1997
"Chicagoans' hospital stays top norms late in life: study"
Jim Ritter
Chicago Sun-Times, December 1, 1997

"Information helps lower health costs"
Ralph Jimenez
The Boston Globe, October 26, 1997

"Medical quality varies by region: Louisiana among lowest-scoring states in study of HMOs"
Miles Benson
The New Orleans Times-Picayune, October 26, 1997

"Health care's weird geography"
The New York Times, October 25, 1997

"Dying stay in hospital longer in Florida"
Jean Heller
St. Petersburg Times, October 16, 1997

"Where you live dictates how you will die: Treatment of dying varies with geography"
The Associated Press, October 15, 1997

"ZIP code is a key to course of terminal care"
George Anders
The Wall Street Journal, October 15, 1997

"Study finds medical care influenced by geography"
Steve Findlay
USA Today, October 15, 1997

"Dying patients' care varies widely by place, study says"
Amy Goldstein
The Washington Post, October 15, 1997

1996
"Location, Location, Location; New Atlas Shows That the Medical Treatment You Get May Depend on Where You Get It"
Stuart Auerbach
The Washington Post, December 3, 1996

"Mixed prognosis: Region's medical quality is superb, but the cost is high, and serious problems persist"
Byron Spice
The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, December 1, 1996

"Geography is destiny: Where you live - not the facts of your case - may determine what medical treatment you receive."
Laura Green
Mirabella, November/December 1996

"Maximum medicine"
George Anders
The Wall Street Journal, July 16, 1996

"Study Finds Better Primary Care Leads to More Hospitalizations"
The Associated Press, May 30, 1996

"A doctor a day doesn't keep hospital away: Study dissolves long-held belief"
Gordon Slovut
Minneapolis Star Tribune, May 30, 1996

"Study Shows Single Health Care System Is A Myth"
Daniel Zwerdling, Host
National Public Radio, February 4, 1996

"In the U.S., All Medicine Is Local"
Gina Kolata
The New York Times, February 4, 1996

"Aching? Watch where you seek help: Medical costs vary wildly -- and Buffalo's a bargain"
Buffalo News, February 2, 1996

"Mapping out health care: Authors say Atlas provides evidence that 'rational' system does not exist"
Richard Knox
The Boston Globe, January 30, 1996

"Study finds a crazy quilt of health care"
Ron Winslo
The Wall Street Journal, January 30, 1996

"Sharp regional incongruity found in medical costs and treatments"
Gina Kolata
The New York Times, January 30, 1996

"Disparities In Medicare Costs Listed"
Lynn Sweet
The Chicago Sun-Times, January 30, 1996

"Atlas maps out regional variations in health care"
Doug Levy
USA Today, January 30, 1996

"Atlas can guide consumers toward medical decisions"
Doug Levy
USA Today, January 30, 1996