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Sep 13 2010

Wall Street Journal

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The lawsuit argues that Congress doesn’t have the Constitutional authority to require people to buy health insurance or face a fine, a key tenet of the legislation.

Sep 13 2010

New York Times

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Many Democrats have joined Republicans in pushing for the repeal of a tax provision in the new health care law that imposes a huge information-reporting burden on small businesses

Sep 13 2010

New York Times

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the F.C.C. is likely to approve what could be an even bigger expansion of the unlicensed airwaves, opening the door to supercharged Wi-Fi networks that will do away with the need to find a wireless hot spot

Sep 13 2010

Wall Street Journal

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Laborator Corp. of America Holdings has agreed to buy the genetic-testing business of Genzyme Corp. for $925 million as the medical-testing giant looks to expand into areas such as reproductive and oncology.

Sep 10 2010

Journal Standard

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Access to adequate health care is a pressing problem for rural area hospitals, where specialists are rare – one hospital is addressing this issue by debuting its eICU program

Sep 10 2010

Washington Post

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An appeals court Thursday allowed the federal government to resume funding human embryonic stem cell research

Sep 10 2010

Health Affairs

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A recent report in Health Affairs is a reminder how physicians say the threat of malpractice lawsuits forces them to practice defensive medicine – what is surprising is that it appears to make not much difference in states where there is tort reform

Sep 10 2010

LA Times

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California Medical Assn. officials announced Thursday that they had sued Blue Shield of California alleging that the health insurer’s new online doctor rating system is inaccurate and misleads consumers.

Sep 10 2010

USA Today

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Many independent community hospitals nationwide that are not part of a health system or owned by a chain are facing significant financial troubles

Sep 10 2010

Bloomberg

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The U.S. health overhaul that Democrats said would slow the rising costs of health care will have little overall effect on spending in the next 10 years, according to an analysis by government actuaries.