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Jeff Tieman

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PubMed2003

Hospitals get battle-ready. At home and abroad, U.S. military hospitals prepare themselves for war amid staffing shortages and budget cuts.

At this hospital in Germany, doctors not only serve as medical professionals but also military officers on whom many rely for leadership and confidence during wartime. Landstuhl Regional Medical Center is a healthcare world all its own, and injured U.S. soldiers are finding it a welcome sanctuary where healing takes place.

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PubMed2003

A few details still missing. President unfurls Medicare reform strategy to crowd of skeptics who fear fallout on provider payments and quality of care.

President Bush pushed his new Medicare reform plan to Congress last week, and Democrats quickly responded with an attack on the strategy, calling it the first move toward completely privatizing Medicare. President Bush was introduced by Yank Coble Jr., photo at left, head of the American Medical Association, at whose national conference Bush offered details of his controversial proposal.

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PubMed2003

Hope for the uninsured? HHS proposes a series of initiatives to expand coverage, broaden access for the 41 million Americans without health insurance.

It's no secret there's a deepening fear in the U.S. as more and more Americans go without health insurance. But the problem came into sharper focus last week as HHS proposed an array of initiatives to expand coverage and widen access. And in Utah, a Medicaid initiative offers ideas on covering the uninsured. Richard Kinnersley, left, president of the Utah Hospitals and Health Systems Association, praises that plan.

Health Expenditures↗
PubMed2003

Few details, big debate. President Bush still needs to fill in the blanks on how he wants to reform Medicare, but advocates are already feuding.

President Bush last week presented his long-awaited plan to overhaul the 38-year-old Medicare program, but the lack of specifics has led to a heated debate between policymakers and advocacy groups on which direction the reforms should take. Later in the week, HHS Secretary Tommy Thompson, left, proposed a $12.7 billion Medicaid expansion that awaits Congress' approval.

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