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An Institute of Medicine panel report released this week concludes that the best way to slow the nation’s breakneck spending on medical care and devote more resources to public health is to impose a tax on every health care transaction, NPR reported on 4/11/12.  The tax amount is to be determined, but could possibly be about 0.5%. 

The 4/5/12 New York Times reported that New York City hospitals have agreed to provide $11 million in scholarships over the next five years to enable New Yorkers to attend the St. George’s University Medical School in the Caribbean in return for their promise to work as primary care physicians in the city’s hospitals. 

The CQ HealthBeat reported on 4/6/12 that low birth weight and premature births are among the primary contributors to the comparatively high infant mortality rate in the U.S., with Black women more than twice as likely to lose their babies as White women. ​