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Mar 01 2012

Bloomberg

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Obama’s Hospital Funding Cuts Seen Worsening Primary Care Doctor Shortage

Mar 01 2012

The Hill

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Pressure is on Senate after House kills healthcare law’s ‘rationing board’

Mar 01 2012

Fiscal Times

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Catholic bishops have united against the Obama administration after the imposition of the mandate.

Feb 29 2012

Wall Street Journal

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Citi believes the FMCSA will shortly make changes to its guidelines for medical examiners to screen all interstate truckers with a BMI over 35 for obstructive sleep apnea

Feb 29 2012

MiamiHerald.com

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UnitedHealthcare buys Preferred Care, Medica HMOs

Feb 29 2012

HealthLeaders Media

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About $36 billion could be shaved off the nation’s healthcare tab each year if the cost for 300 common procedures covered under employer-based insurance plans were reduced to their median prices, according to research from Thomson Reuters Healthcare.

Feb 28 2012

Wall Street Journal

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A Bike Built for a Virtual-Reality Brain Boost

Feb 28 2012

HealthLeaders Media

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Five hospitals are the first in the nation to receive The Joint Commission’s advanced certification for palliative care

Feb 28 2012

The Hill

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The AMA — the largest lobbying group representing doctors — said the IPAB is the wrong way to control healthcare costs.

Feb 28 2012

Fiscal Times

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Inflating the Deficit with Futile Health Therapies

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