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Do You Think That Health-Care Providers May Decline to Comply With an Individual’s Health Care Decision?

By sarahyovetich May 14, 2013

According to the Uniform Health Care Decisions Act, or UHCDA, health-care providers may decline to agree with an individual’s health care decision. This requires medically ineffective health care, or health care opposite of generally

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Category: Tags: death panel, health care, hospital, medicine, poll

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Death Panels Are Already at a Hospital Near You

By 1290 KGVO May 14, 2013

Advance directive legislation has evolved from a means to ensure patient autonomy to a license for health providers to withdraw medical treatment—even against a patient’s wishes.

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Category: Opinion, Talk Back Tags: death panel, health care, hospital, medicine

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Montana County to Repay State for Overcharging Health and Dependency Services Without Proper Documentation

By Associated Press April 28, 2013

The Butte-Silver Bow Council of Commissioners has agreed to repay the state $42,000 that state officials say they made in overpayments to the county-run chemical dependency center.

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Category: Montana News Tags: medicine, Money

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Avik Roy Discusses Healthcare Reform on Talk Back

By Jon King March 21, 2013

Avik Roy is a senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute for Policy Research, the author of The Apothecary at Forbes, and a former healthcare reform adviser to the Mitt Romney Campaign.

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Category: Opinion, Talk Back Tags: Avik Roy, healthcare, medicine, Obamacare

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Red Sox Trainer Allegedly Gave Painkiller Injections Possibly In Violation Of State Laws

By Joe Student February 15, 2013 | GuySpeed

A former trainer for the Boston Red Sox administered frequent injections of a painkilling drug, a practice in violation of Massachusetts' law, Yahoo! Sports reported.

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Category: National Sports Tags: Baseball, Crime, drugs, medicine