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Commentary: Physician: Time to lower prices

Yes, it can be done. We can - and should - reduce the extravagant prices, the highest in the world, that Medicare pays for some services, before we start to reduce the services themselves.

01/24/13 - 1:41am

Poplin: Social Security isn't the problem


12/15/12 - 1:15am

Poplin: There's no free lunch

The Institute of Medicine, the Centers for Disease Control and HBO just released a film, "Weight of the Nation," warning us of the latest epidemic to sweep the country: Obesity.

05/26/12 - 12:27am

Poplin: What Medicare needs: Price controls

In the proposed Medicare reform called "premium support," the federal government would give each senior a voucher for, say $8,000, to buy private insurance. Any senior who wished, and could afford it, could add money to buy a better plan.

01/17/12 - 1:15am

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