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Jun 14 2012

Bloomberg

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The board of the California Public Employees’ Retirement System, the largest U.S. pension fund, increased premiums it charges retirees for health-care insurance by 9.6 percent.

Jun 14 2012

Bloomberg

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If the Supreme Court decides to strike down the health-care law’s requirement that almost all Americans have health insurance by 2014, it could translate to cutting a “few hundred billion dollars” from projected spending

Jun 13 2012

PE Hub

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Norwest Equity Partners announced that it has acquired Pentech Holdings, Inc. Pentec is a leading national provider of specialty infusion services to patients who require access to complex pharmaceutical products and services outside of the hospital setting.

Jun 13 2012

PE Hub

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Norwest Equity Partners, a leading middle market investment firm, announced today that it has made a $50 million equity investment in GoHealth, a Chicago-based technology company.

Jun 13 2012

Bloomberg

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An aging population, improving economy and President Barack Obama’s health-care overhaul will push spending on medical services to almost 20 percent of U.S. gross domestic product by 2021, the government projected.

Jun 13 2012

Wall Street Journal

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On Friday House Republicans released more documents that expose the collusion between the health-care industry and the White House that produced ObamaCare

Jun 13 2012

PE Hub

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Ridgemont Equity Partners, a middle market buyout and growth equity firm, today announced the closing of a majority equity investment in Hometown Urgent Care, a leading provider of urgent care medical services. The financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

Jun 13 2012

PR Newswire

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The Wellness Network, owner of The Patient Channel and The Newborn Channel, today announced that it has acquired HealthStyle Press. HealthStyle Press publishes America’s Health Guides™

Jun 13 2012

Marketplace.org

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If you said insurance companies or the government, you’re only half right. Because the prices your insurance company pays are based on a set of values listed in a phone-book sized directory of billing codes.

Jun 13 2012

Fiscal Times

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Has recession accomplished what insurance companies, managed care, mythical death panels, government bureaucrats and dozens of pilot projects failed to do – that is, bend the cost curve?