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Nov 14 2011

PR Newswire

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Today Millar Instruments, Inc. (Houston, TX) and Telemetry Research Ltd (Auckland, New Zealand) announce their merger. 

Nov 14 2011

HealthLeaders Media

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State Medicaid directors say the federal government’s focus on bureaucratic process measures has quashed innovation efforts in the Medicaid program and resulted in inefficiencies and duplications.

Nov 14 2011

Bloomberg

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WellPoint Inc., UnitedHealth Group Inc. and Aetna Inc. are weighing bids for XLHealth Corp., a provider of managed care for chronically ill Medicare members, said people familiar with the matter

Nov 14 2011

New York Times

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A new study published on Monday shows patients are more likely to take their medicine when they do not have to help pay for the prescriptions.

Nov 14 2011

PR Newswire

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Cardinal Health Canada has commenced its offer to acquire all of the outstanding common shares of Futuremed Healthcare Products Corporation

Nov 14 2011

New York Times

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Retail Health Care Competition Heats Up

Nov 14 2011

Bloomberg

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Diabetes will strike one in 10 adults by 2030, hampering economic growth in the world’s fastest-growing economies as it kills people in their most productive years

Nov 14 2011

New York Times

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Health Law Puts Focus on Limits of Federal Power

Nov 14 2011

HealthLeaders Media

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Independent physician practices are slowly fading away, and with the advent of healthcare reform, the pace may be about to get much quicker.

Nov 14 2011

Wall Street Journal

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For 2011, the survey found, 31% of covered workers had a plan with an annual deductible of $1,000 or more for a single person, up from 27% last year and 10% five years ago.

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