September 30, 2008

Just as autism is being found more often, so are dubious explanations for the source, says Paul A. Offit...

COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY PRESS/WALL STREET JOURNAL

RETIREES' DISABILITY EPIDEMIC

Virtually every career employee with the Long Island Rail Road -- as many as 97 percent in one recent year -- applies for and gets disability payments soon after retirement, say observers...

NEW YORK TIMES

MEDICARE PAID BILLIONS IN SUSPECT CLAIMS

At least $1 billion of the roughly $10 billion in Medicare payments over 2007 were improper, say investigators...

ASSOCIATED PRESS/WALL STREET JOURNAL

PRIVATE EQUITY INVESTMENT AND NURSING HOME CARE

Private equity investment in nursing homes have not adversely affected the quality of care to date, say researchers...

HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL/HEALTH AFFAIRS

REFORMING THE U.S. HEALTH CARE SYSTEM

Sen. John McCain's (R-Ariz.) health care plan would completely replace the current system with a fairer, more efficient one, providing a much better chance of insuring the uninsured and controlling health costs, says John Goodman...

NATIONAL CENTER FOR POLICY ANALYSIS/FRASER INSTITUTE