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Apr 12 2012

Bloomberg

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McKesson Wins $31.6 Billion Veterans Agency Drug Contract

Apr 12 2012

HealthLeaders Media

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Using the term “phenomenal” at least three times to describe the health industry’s response, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services executive on Tuesday named 27 accountable care organizations to begin the Medicare Shared Savings Program April 1

Apr 12 2012

Wall Street Journal

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The average American spends twice as much time before buying a TV as they do looking for a doctor

Apr 12 2012

MegPage Today

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Nearly 60% of physicians ages 40 and younger don’t hold out much hope for American healthcare

Apr 12 2012

PE Hub

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Lumeris, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Essence Group Holdings,  has teamed up with three Blue Cross and Blue Shield health plans (Highmark, Horizon and Independence) to acquire NaviNet

Apr 11 2012

The Hill

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The report calls for doubling federal spending on public health.  Americans spent $8,086 per person in medical care in 2009 versus $251 in public health spending.

Apr 11 2012

Bizjournals.com

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Medicine spending climbs to $320 billion, even as usage declines

Apr 11 2012

HealthLeaders Media

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The very instruments that diagnose and treat us can often make us feel more like test subjects than patients receiving care.

Apr 11 2012

Fiscal Times

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Hospital and physician groups are stepping up their efforts to control spending with a special emphasis on limiting labor costs.

Apr 11 2012

NPR.org

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It may sound counterintuitive, but a panel of experts from the Institute of Medicine has concluded that the best way to slow the nation’s breakneck spending on medical care is to impose a tax on every health care transaction.

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