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CA investigating Kaiser call centers
The state of California is investigating Kaiser Permanente's three call centers, responding to concerns that the health plan may be letting unlicensed staffers effectively make medical decisions by... Read more...
SPOTLIGHT: Are doctors and patients at war?
Increasingly, it seems that doctors and patients are at war, with both feeling misunderstood, frustrated and even hostile. Worse, patients aren't feeling very trusting. In fact, according to one... Read more...
SPOTLIGHT: Doctor says shunning insurers is the solution
In this editorial, an internist describes how it's benefited him to drop all of his insurance contracts completely. He argues that insurance actually raises the prices of care by adding a middleman,... Read more...
