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A quick primer on healthcare in the 2016 presidential election

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http://www.healthcaredive.com/news/a-quick-primer-on-healthcare-in-the-2016-presidential-election/414370/

Urging Openness About Superbug Infections, Doctor Omits Cases In Own Hospital

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http://khn.org/news/urging-openness-about-superbug-infections-doctor-omits-cases-in-own-hospital/

FILE - This undated file photo provided by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration shows the tip of a duodenoscope. U.S. Food and Drug Administration officials on Tuesday, Aug. 4, 2015 laid out extra safety measures that hospitals can take to clean the specialized medical scopes that have been linked to sometimes deadly bacterial outbreaks across the U.S., but acknowledged that not all hospitals have the staff, expertise and resources to take the steps, including sterilizing scopes with toxic gas to kill bacteria. (U.S. Food and Drug Administration via AP)

Hospitals don’t realize the more transparent they are, the more infection risks would decrease.

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What Accounts For The Lower Growth In Health Care Spending?

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http://healthaffairs.org/blog/2016/02/18/what-accounts-for-the-lower-growth-in-health-care-spending/

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Healthcare Triage: The CDC’s Preachy Recommendations on Pregnancy and Alcohol. and the Internet’s Overreaction

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Healthcare Triage: The CDC’s Preachy Recommendations on Pregnancy and Alcohol. and the Internet’s Overreaction

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What Justice Scalia’s death could mean for healthcare: 7 things to know

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http://www.beckershospitalreview.com/hospital-management-administration/what-justice-scalia-s-death-could-mean-for-healthcare-7-things-to-know.html

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Justice Scalia’s death leaves healthcare cases in limbo

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http://www.modernhealthcare.com/article/20160213/NEWS/302139937?utm_source=modernhealthcare&utm_medium=email&utm_content=20160213-NEWS-302139937&utm_campaign=mh-alert

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Expanding Coercive Treatment Is The Wrong Solution For The Opioid Crisis

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http://healthaffairs.org/blog/2016/02/11/expanding-coercive-treatment-is-the-wrong-solution-for-the-opioid-crisis/

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What the Growing Life Expectancy Gaps Mean for the Promise of Social Security

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http://www.brookings.edu/research/reports2/2016/02/life-expectancy-gaps-promise-social-security?utm_campaign=Brookings+Brief&utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&utm_content=26222333&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-_rCu3GMuanNpG0qLkG-9EO0k7Wc39J3uVzqdsyRd5Km-BH5vmrU6–eYQCZpiLf_Ljq4SBq7gCg9qhcFP2c8R-Xv3jSQ&_hsmi=26222333

Today's older workers are increasingly likely to hold full-time jobs