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In The Media, USA Today: Ex-pharma CEO Martin Shkreli defends EpiPen price increase

Pharmaceutical firebrand Martin Shkreli has injected himself into the debate over the skyrocketing price of a life-saving allergy treatment, arguing that the manufacturer of EpiPen doesn’t make much money and instead blaming insurers for not covering the tab…

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In The Media, The Gazette: Iowa hospitals use state law to stifle competition, critics say: Certificate of Need law, in Iowa since 1977, exists in most states

Ceiling-mounted microscopes, sterilizers and phacoemulsification equipment sit dormant in Dr. Lee Birchansky’s operating rooms — hundreds of thousands of dollars wasted because Birchansky can’t get state permission to do cataract surgery in his office at the Fox Eye Laser and Cosmetic Institute on H Avenue NE…

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In The Media, Michigan Radio: Michigan working toward ‘next generation’ of primary care

Diane Marriott, Project Manager for the Michigan Primary Care Transformation Project (MiPCT), and Natalie Adewunmi, an RN and care manager with Integrated Health Associates (IHA), discuss how primary care has changed in Michigan because of MiPCT.

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Dome Magazine, In The Media: Michigan’s Obamacare

Governor Snyder deserves our thanks for having the foresight and courage to buck many in his own Republican Party in supporting ‘Obamacare’, aka, the U.S. Affordable Care Act…

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In The Media, The Herald Palladium: Why not shop around?

Rosalie Plechaty of South Haven admits she often doesn’t ask her health care providers about the cost of prescriptions, office visits or medical procedures…

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