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Jan 22 2010

Wall Street Journal

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Restaurants from Applebee’s to Starbucks are pushing new low-calorie menu items in an effort to attract customers who say they want healthier options.

Jan 22 2010

New York Times

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Democrats may now spend weeks or months drafting a new proposal or undertaking a series of bills to achieve their goals

Jan 22 2010

New York Times

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The absence of a forced change, insurers still face the challenge of selling a product that is increasingly out of reach for more Americans

Jan 22 2010

New York Times

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Trimming back the 2,000-page, trillion-dollar health care bills to the parts that average folks understand and like may not be as simple as it sounds

Jan 22 2010

Wall Street Journal

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Intuitive Surgical Inc. said Thursday its fourth-quarter earnings soared 53% on strong sales and increased usage of its “da Vinci” motion-capture surgical robot systems.

Jan 22 2010

Wall Street Journal

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Venture capital investment in health care surpassed information technology last year for the first time on record

Jan 22 2010

Employers’ Views of Health Insurers

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PriceWaterhouseCoopers releases a survey on large and small employers' perspective on their health insurers. The results show increasing dissatisfaction along several dimensions, with minor improvement on only one or two.…

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Jan 21 2010

Wall Street Journal

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A national program to reduce dietary salt could prevent heart attacks, strokes and deaths and trim as much as $24 billion from the U.S. health-care tab

Jan 21 2010

Wall Street Journal

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Grassley letter to more than 30 hospitals to ask about their experiences — including “complications,” “errors” and “problems” — with health IT systems

Jan 21 2010

Wall Street Journal

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Local information-services companies grabbed 33% of all venture dollars going into Bay Area tech in the first three quarters of 2009

Jan 21 2010

Expanding Use of Traditional Telemedicine

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An early use of telemedicine was bringing medical expertise to underserved areas. A new venture indicates that there continue to be significant opportunities for this aspect of the field, allowing…

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Jan 21 2010

Wall Street Journal

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The idea of creating a bipartisan commission to cut the budget deficit is gaining ground and could have profound effect on health care

Jan 21 2010

Washington Post

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Pelosi struggled to sell the Senate version of the legislation to reluctant Democrats, even as party moderates raised doubts about forging ahead

Jan 21 2010

New York Times

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Obama signaled he might be willing to scale back his proposed health care overhaul to a version that could attract bipartisan support

Jan 21 2010

Wall Street Journal

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Republican Senate victory caught many health-care companies off guard – some reiterated support Wednesday for a sector overhaul

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