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Interview Archives: Health Policy
Monday December 19, 2011, 11:06 AM
Remedy and Reaction: The Peculiar American Struggle Over Health Care Reform
Paul Starr, Ph.D., Professor of Sociology and Public Affairs, and the Stuart Chair in Communications and Public Affairs at the Woodrow Wilson School, Princeton University
Host: David Inge
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Categories: Government • Health • Health Policy
Thursday March 03, 2011, 10:06 AM
The Panic Virus: A True Story of Medicine, Science, and Fear
Seth Mnookin, Contributing Editor at Vanity Fair
Host: David Inge
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Categories: Disease • Health • Health Policy • Medicine • Science
Thursday August 26, 2010, 10:06 AM
Drugs on the Market: Meeting Food and Drug Administration Approval?
Francis B. Palumbo, Ph.D., J.D., Professor and Executive Director, University of Maryland School of Pharmacy Center on Drugs and Public Policy
Host: David Inge
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Categories: Consumer issues • Health • Health Policy • Prescription Drugs • Medicine
Tuesday August 17, 2010, 11:06 AM
HIV: Update on Treatment, Research, and Epidemiology
Helmut Albrecht, M.D., Professor of Clinical Internal Medicine; Director, Division of Infectious Diseases, University Specialty Clinics, South Carolina School of Medicine
Host: David Inge
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Categories: Health • Health Policy • Medicine
Friday March 05, 2010, 10:06 AM
Apology in Medical Malpractice Cases and Hospital Apology Programs
Lorens Helmchen, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, School of Public Health, University of Illinois Chicago, and Visiting Fellow in Health and Aging Research, National Bureau of Economic Research, Cambridge, Massachusetts
Jennifer K. Robbennolt, J.D., Ph.D, Professor of Law and Psychology and Guy Raymond Jones Faculty Scholar, University of Illinois
Host: David Inge
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Categories: Behavior • Consumer issues • Health • Health Policy • Public Health • Medicine
Friday January 15, 2010, 11:06 AM
The Role of Insurance Companies in the Health Care Reform Debate
Wendell Potter, Senior Fellow on Health Care, Center for Media and Democracy, Madison Wisconsin and former Chierf Corporate Spokesmam for CIGNA
Host: David Inge
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Categories: Community • Consumer issues • Health • Health Policy • Labor/worker issues
Friday November 13, 2009, 10:06 AM
The Healthcare Legislation in the House and Senate
David A. Hyman, J.D., M.D., Richard W. and Marie L. Corman Professor of Law, and Director of the Epstein Program in Health Law and Policy, University of Illinois
James L. Milam, M.D., President, Illinois State Medical Society
Host: David Inge
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Categories: Health • Health Policy • Law • Medicine
Friday October 30, 2009, 10:06 AM
The Health Care Legislation in the House and Senate
Javette C. Orgain, M.D., M.P.H., President, Illinois Academy of Family Physicians
Sara R. Collins, Ph.D., Vice President, Affordable Health Insurance, The Commonwealth Fund
Host: David Inge
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Categories: Consumer issues • Government • Health • Health Policy
Thursday September 17, 2009, 10:06 AM
Accessing Health Care in Rural America
Paul E. McNamara, Ph.D., M.P.P., Department of Agricultural and Consumer Economics and Division of Nutritional Sciences, University of Illinois
Host: Todd Gleason
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Categories: Health • Health Policy • Rural Health Care Accessibility
Friday September 04, 2009, 10:06 AM
Health Care Reform: What's Really in the Legislation
Mary Agnes Carey, M.A., Kaiser Health News Correspondent
Host: David Inge
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Categories: Government • Health • Health Policy
