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    Ted Flowers was the type of man who is in short supply today, and it might help us to look at his life as an example of what we need to recapture.

    Memories of an unforgettable man

    Christine Flowers -
    The chargemaster is a list of services and procedures a hospital provides and the cost for each item. Unfortunately, what we have is confusionmaster.

    Hospitals guard prices like the CIA guards secrets

    Michael Shannon -
    Step therapy is a blemish on the otherwise popular Medicare Advantage program, which offers seniors who opt in privately administered health plans.

    New Medicare drug policy is a step down for seniors

    Guest Contributor -
    Apparently, a few folks didn't receive the gifts they so richly deserved, a mistake we would like to rectify with Will Durst's After Xmas gift wish list.

    After Xmas gift wish list

    Will Durst -
    What Mitt Romney did with his op-ed piece — beside pump up his deflated ego and hurt his own party — was to really piss off Mitch McConnell.

    Mitt Romney: Son of flake

    Guest Contributor -
    The First Amendment and Second Amendment are only two of 27 Amendments added to the 12 Articles that make up the U.S. Constitution.

    Americans are why the Judiciary has allowed the Constitution to dangle...

    Guest Contributor -
    Binge watching seems like fun, as any overeater will attest, but it's unhealthy and rarely feels good when it's over.

    Binge watching makes an unhealthy TV diet

    Peter Funt -
    Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar proposed setting prices for drugs in Medicare Part B with a formula based on foreign price controls.

    Don’t import foreign price controls — break them

    Guest Contributor -
    Patients with diabetes are up to four times more likely to die of heart disease, the leading cause of death in the U.S., than their non-diabetic peers.

    Doctors’ critical role in the connection between diabetes and heart disease

    Guest Contributor -
    Research shows how to make open offices work for everyone: empowering employees to control the design of their workspace increases productivity.

    How to make open offices work for everyone

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