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How the spin doctors talked up tobacco as thousands died

By Bill Birnbauer

AUSTRALIA, April 25, 2002 — Cigarette companies knew as early as the 1950s that they would need a healthy image to protect their profits. So

Despite Tucson and rising needs, mental health takes a back budget seat

By Amy Biegelsen

States have cut $2.1 billion from their mental health budgets over the last three fiscal years, and more slashing is expected in coming week

Shock therapy suit doctor here

By Bill Birnbauer

AUSTRALIA, March 13, 1999 — The article was originally published in Australia's The Age, March 13, 1999. It is reprinted here with permissio
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Analysis — Lone star state ‘reform’ a Texas-sized distortion

By Wendell Potter

A closer look at Texas malpractice reform raises doubt about its benefits

DOD struggles with medical e-records system

By Laurel Adams

The Department of Defense (DOD) has struggled since 1988 to establish a comprehensive medical records database for the 9.6 million service m

By 2020, 90 cents of every dollar will go to entitlements and debt interest

By Laurel Adams

Long-term simulations of government debt offer a cold, harsh look at the federal economic situation, according to the Government Accountabil

Excerpts from this story referencing "Medicare":

"… ealth care costs and aging populations, which increase Social Security and Medicare costs.Last year, Social Security ran its first cash deficit in 25 years, a …"

"… o control the growth of health care costs, but the CBO and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services have expressed concern about whether these cost-cont …"

"… t-control measures are sustainable. For example, payment rates for certain Medicare services will be reduced by relying on economy-wide productivity gains.The …"

"… ollar of federal revenue will be spent on interest costs, Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid.Following are other new watchdog reports released by the Gov …"

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Hartz Mountain disputes our story on pets and pesticides; the Center responds

By M.B. Pell

Earlier this month, the Center received a five-page “open letter” from Hartz Mountain Corporation alleging that our 12/16/08 story, Pets and

More big money from pharmaceutical lobby in 2008

By Mary Beth Lombardo

The economy may be sliding, but that hasn’t stemmed the high-rolling habits of Washington’s largest lobby. In 2007, as the Center recently r

Think twice before setting off a bug bomb

By M.B. Pell

Before setting off a neurotoxic bug bomb in your house, you might want to try a couple of less extreme measures first: maybe clean up a litt

In ’93, biological defense program was misguided, poorly managed

By Seth Shulman

WASHINGTON, October 29, 2001 — A study by the Center for Public Integrity in 1993 concluded that the United States was ill-served by the nat

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