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Mar 30 2010

Washington Times

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The Association of American Physicians and Surgeons (AAPS) became the first medical society to sue to overturn the newly enacted health care bill

Mar 29 2010

Wall Street Journal

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It makes sense for a company that sells printers to sell the ink cartridges. Why shouldn’t the company that sells the devices that diabetics use also sell the insulin that they consume to control their disease?

Mar 29 2010

Wall Street Journal

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A three-month-old baby suffering from shortness of breath recently was checked into a small hospital in the Haitian capital. A radiologist at work in his New York office diagnosed that the child’s lungs were collapsing.

Mar 29 2010

Washington Post

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In 2006, CMS tried to limit unjustified billing in the ultra-high categories. But the effort backfired when nursing home operators found a loophole that made it easier to put residents in those categories.

Mar 29 2010

Bloomberg

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Donald M. Berwick, a Harvard University scholar and long-time critic of U.S. health care, will be thrust into the political fight over the overhaul law as President Barack Obama’s choice to run Medicare and Medicaid.

Mar 29 2010

New York Times

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Primary care physicians already are in short supply in parts of the country, and the landmark health overhaul that will bring them millions more newly insured patients in the next few years promises extra strain.

Mar 29 2010

New York Times

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The U.S. drug industry fended off price curbs and other hefty restrictions in the health care law even as it prepares for plenty of new business when an estimated 32 million uninsured Americans gain health coverage.

Mar 29 2010

BusinessWeek

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Shares of inVentiv Health Inc. continued their climb in Monday premarket trading after the company confirmed that it has been approached by a potential buyer.

Mar 29 2010

Washington Times

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As governors begin to sort through the murky details, they’re quickly realizing this albatross is worse than originally feared.

Mar 29 2010

Bloomberg

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The White House disputed arguments that the health-care legislation signed by President Barack Obama may cost jobs and increase costs to employers.