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Tony Fong

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PubMed2003

Preparing for a disaster. Healthcare providers try to ready themselves for biological, chemical attacks without the benefit of government funding.

A new era of security alerts and biological terrorism has descended on the nation. Since Sept. 11, 2001, hospitals have been busy preparing for the scenarios of possible terrorist attacks. But providers say federal funding has fallen far short of what is needed to achieve their goals. At left, staff at Beth Israel Medical Center-Kings Highway Division in New York undergo emergency preparedness training.

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PubMed2003

Regulation redux. As Maine flirts with rate-setting for hospitals, other states study some regulatory solutions for controlling healthcare costs.

Hospitals in Maine breathed a sigh of relief after a proposal to regulate hospital prices was removed from a state healthcare reform bill. But the move shows that health insurers there and across the country are targeting hospitals as lawmakers struggle to shoot down rising healthcare costs. Maine Gov. John Baldacci, left, has pushed a plan to regulate hospital revenue and expenses to rein in cost growth.

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PubMed2003

Democratic prescriptions. Presidential hopefulls offer health insurance solutions, while a new report questions how many Americans really are uninsured.

Democrats see a weakness in President Bush's healthcare policies, and presidential hopefulls are coming forward with solutions to the uninsured crisis. Sen. John Kerry of Massachusetts, left, wants to contain costs while also increasing coverage, at a cost of $80 billion per year. Former Vermont Gov. Howard Dean and Rep. Dennis Kucinich also outlined their plans last week.

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