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Nov 22 2010

NorthJersey.com

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More hospitals may face closure

Nov 22 2010

Wall Street Journal

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The Wall Street Journal’s Laura Landro moderated the task-force discussion on health care. Here are edited excerpts of the presentation of their priorities to the CEO Council.

Nov 22 2010

Wall Street Journal

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More employers are scrutinizing employees’ health-insurance dependents in order to weed out ineligible beneficiaries.

Nov 22 2010

Star Tribune

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The first state-mandated report on quality of medical care in Minnesota shows that clinics and hospitals vary dramatically in how well they treat patients — even on something as basic as children’s colds.

Nov 22 2010

Wall Street Journal

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Huge budget shortfalls are prompting a handful of states to begin discussing a once-unthinkable scenario: dropping out of the Medicaid insurance program for the poor.

Nov 19 2010

npr.org

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Adding more fuel to the argument over who’s to blame for rising health care costs, a study finds some big differences in hospital rates, with San Francisco the most expensive of eight areas that were examined.

Nov 19 2010

Wall Street Journal

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Seniors enrolling in private Medicare policies starting this week are finding fewer options, as health insurers close down certain types of plans due to legislative changes and looming cuts to federal funding.

Nov 19 2010

Wall Street Journal

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The Food and Drug Administration is a bottleneck delaying the launch of medical devices in the U.S., says a new study supported by the National Venture Capital Association and the Medical Device Manufacturers Association

Nov 19 2010

Bloomberg

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Americans are more likely to go without health care because of cost and report the most disputes with insurance companies compared with consumers surveyed in 11 industrialized nations

Nov 19 2010

Bloomberg

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Cardinal Health to Buy Kinray for $1.3 Billion to Gain Retail Pharmacies

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