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Feb 10 2011

Washington Post

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How the Affordable Care Act empowers states – by Kathleen Sebelius

Feb 09 2011

Bloomberg

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U.S. House Majority Leader Eric Cantor said a spending measure needed to continue financing government operations this fiscal year will also prohibit money to implement the health-care law.

Feb 09 2011

Bloomberg

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A challenge to the constitutionality of the Obama administration’s health-care plan will get accelerated review by the U.S. Court of Appeals in Cincinnati

Feb 09 2011

Wall Street Journal

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Survey: What Doctors Want to Tell Patients (And Vice Versa)

Feb 09 2011

Bloomberg

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Danaher agreed this week to buy Beckman  at 8.6 times earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization in the cheapest deal on record for a medical- instruments maker

Feb 09 2011

MedPageToday

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The FDA has announced a new initiative to speed “pioneering” medical devices to the market, dubbed the Innovation Pathway

Feb 09 2011

Wall Street Journal

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Employers are spending more on gift cards, contributions to health savings accounts and other incentives to persuade workers to take part in health-improvement programs, a new survey finds.

Feb 09 2011

McClatchy

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The requirement that children under 19 be granted insurance regardless of preexisting conditions has caused Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Florida and many other insurers to stop offering child-only coverage.

Feb 09 2011

HealthLeaders Media

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Surgical sponges embedded with a radiofrequency chip were identified 100% of the time, an accuracy rate far better than traditional counting or use of radiographs during surgery,

Feb 09 2011

Bloomberg

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Kindred announced today that it will buy RehabCare for about $877 million in cash and stock to become the largest U.S. provider of rehabilitation services.

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