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May 21 2010

Ways and Means Committee

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Joint Legislation to Create Jobs, Extend Tax Cuts for Families and Businesses, Support Americans Looking for Work

May 21 2010

AP News

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Lawmakers have agreed on legislation to extend expanded jobless benefits for the long-term unemployed through the end of the year

May 21 2010

Alzeimer’s Association

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The cumulative care costs of Alzheimer’s disease over the next 40 years will exceed $20 trillion unless treatments to modify or delay onset of the incurable disease are discovered

May 20 2010

Modern Healthcare

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Under the law, Congress gave Medicare leeway to give healthcare providers that hold back Medicare spending a share of any accountable care organization savings as long as they reach quality and cost-control targets.

May 20 2010

Kaiser Health News

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Democrats Debating How To Handle Medicare ‘Doc Fix,’ COBRA Subsidy Extension

May 20 2010

Wall Street Journal

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Spending on drugs for kids rose 10.8% last year, the most of any age group and nearly triple the 3.7% increase for the general population,

May 20 2010

Wall Street Journal

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A House panel is investigating personal genetic test kits currently sold over the Internet after one company proposed selling its kits through stores

May 20 2010

HealthLeaders Media

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The average manufacturer price increases for popular name brand and specialty prescription drugs used by Medicare beneficiaries rose faster than other consumer goods and services in the 12 months ending March 2010

May 20 2010

Bloomberg

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Accretive Health Inc. cut the size of its initial public offerings by as much as 44 percent as the IPO market’s May slump deepened

May 19 2010

Business Insider

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Healthcare company 1Life Healthcare has secured $15 million in its latest round of venture capital financing.

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