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Mar 23 2010

Broadband.gov

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Broadband.gov:  Overview of Section 10.1 reviews the potential value that broadband-enabled health IT solutions can unlock

Mar 23 2010

NewScientist

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Researchers at Korea University in Seoul have transmitted data at a rate of 10 megabits per second through a person’s arm, between two electrodes placed on their skin 30 centimetres apart.

Mar 23 2010

Bloomberg

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The health-care overhaul will make as many as 15 million more Americans eligible for Medicaid nationwide starting in 2014 and will cost the states billions to administer.

Mar 23 2010

Wall Street Journal

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A Venture Capitalist’s Take On Health-Care Reform

Mar 23 2010

New York Times

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The future holds potential for a major improvement that capitalizes on modern technology— and its promise goes way beyond doctors’ having to rely on the incomplete or inaccurate memories of their patients.

Mar 23 2010

New York Times

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Residents of New York State who want to send saliva for DNA testing by 23andMe should do their spitting outside state lines

Mar 23 2010

Bloomberg

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The Senate parliamentarian dealt Republicans a setback in their bid to derail the Democratic health-care overhaul package

Mar 22 2010

Wall Street Journal

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After more than a year battling Democratic health-overhaul proposals, insurers face changes that will reshape their market. But they also realize it could have been worse.

Mar 22 2010

Bloomberg

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Health legislation passed yesterday by the U.S. House changes some rules immediately on insurance coverage while leaving much of the fight over how to remake the medical system to federal regulators, states and courts

Mar 22 2010

New York Times

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Some features of the legislation, which makes changes to the bill the Senate passed on Christmas Eve:

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