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Feb 07 2011

PR Newswire

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Beckman Coulter and Danaher have entered into a definitive merger agreement under which Danaher will acquire all of Beckman Coulter

Feb 07 2011

New York Times

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Doing the Judicial Math on Health Care  – Put away your copy of the Constitution. Take out your calculator. It’s time for some judicial arithmetic.

Feb 07 2011

LA Times

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The Obama administration is intensifying a drive to help state leaders find ways to wring savings from their Medicaid programs.

Feb 07 2011

New York Times

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In a Graying Population, Business Opportunity

Feb 07 2011

Wall Street Journal

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Employers are trying a new tactic to prod their workers to live healthier lives and reduce medical costs: more creative and often lucrative incentives.

Feb 07 2011

NPR.org

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The biggest fear is that without mandatory health insurance there will be no incentive for people to buy health insurance until after they’re sick, and then the system won’t work – some take issue with this

Feb 04 2011

Bloomberg

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Americans grew fatter at a faster pace than residents of any other wealthy nation since 1980, during a period when obesity worldwide nearly doubled, researchers found.

Feb 04 2011

HealthLeaders Media

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Health Insurer Competition Absent, AMA Says

Feb 04 2011

Wall Street Journal

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House Republicans are debating whether to propose new limits on the growth of Medicare and other entitlement programs, weighing a gamble that voters are more concerned about trimming the federal deficit than holding on to promised benefits.

Feb 04 2011

HealthLeaders Media

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National Coordinator for Health Information Technology David Blumenthal, MD, who helped craft regulations to speed healthcare providers’ adoption of electronic record systems, and execute a $27 billion incentive program, is stepping down

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