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Maggie Mahar

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Maggie Mahar writes HealthBeat, and is the author of Money-Driven Medicine: The Real Reason HealthCare Costs So Much, the inspiration for a documentary produced by Alex Gibney and co-written by Mahar. Before she began focusing on healthcare, Mahar was a financial journalist at Barron's and The New York Times.

January 2014

  • Doctor and nurse

    double quotation markObamacare isn't creating a doctor shortage, it's solving it

    Maggie Mahar

    Maggie Mahar: It's a myth that America doesn't have enough doctors. The key to the future of US medicine is to utilise more nurse practitioners

May 2009

  • double quotation markThe healthcare reform battle isn't over

    Maggie Mahar

    Maggie Mahar: The budget's reconciliation rules mean Obama's healthcare plan should pass, but will it contain a robust public sector alternative?

March 2009

  • double quotation markObama's unhealthy opposition

    Maggie Mahar

    Maggie Mahar: At yesterday's White House summit, the new president got a taste of the bitter health-reform battles that lie ahead

February 2009

  • double quotation markDaschle hasn't killed healthcare reform

    Maggie Mahar

    Maggie Mahar: Tom Daschle's departure hasn't doomed Obama's push for universal healthcare. It was always going to be a long fight

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