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Health reform: Colorado gets another $17.9 million to start health insurance … – Denver Post

USA TODAY Health reform: Colorado gets another $ 17.9 million to start health insurance …Denver PostBy Michael Booth The US Department of Health and Human Services Wednesday awarded Colorado another $ 17.9 million to firmly establish the insurance exchange at…

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Mental-Health Cuts by US States Risk Boosting Health Costs – BusinessWeek

Sydney Morning Herald Mental-Health Cuts by US States Risk Boosting Health CostsBusinessWeek22 (Bloomberg) — US states looking to balance budgets by cutting mental-health facilities and Medicaid payments risk increasing health-care costs by pushing psychiatric patients into emergency rooms. States trimmed…

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Obama administration loans $638M in startup money for health insurance co-ops … – Washington Post

Kaiser Health News Obama administration loans $ 638M in startup money for health insurance co-ops …Washington PostHealth care cooperatives being launched in eight states announced Tuesday they will be receiving a total of $ 638 million in loans from the…

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Cardinal Health Hit With DEA Suspension Order Over Painkiller – BusinessWeek

Cardinal Health Hit With DEA Suspension Order Over PainkillerBusinessWeek21 (Bloomberg) — A Cardinal Health Inc. distribution facility in Florida posed a public safety threat by shipping heavy volumes of prescription painkiller oxycodone to pharmacies, according to the US government. An…

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Health Policies Part Of Political Buzz Words In Presidential, Congressional Races – Kaiser Health News

Telegraph.co.uk Health Policies Part Of Political Buzz Words In Presidential, Congressional RacesKaiser Health NewsWhile GOP presidential hopeful Rick Santorum says the health law could discourage marriage, First Lady Michelle Obama is courting women to back her husband's re-election efforts. Republican…

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Medco Health 4Q Net Rises 12% As Revenue Easily Tops Estimates – Wall Street Journal

The Associated Press Medco Health 4Q Net Rises 12% As Revenue Easily Tops EstimatesWall Street JournalMedco Health Solutions Inc.'s (MHS) fourth-quarter earnings rose 12% as the pharmacy-benefits manager booked revenue well beyond expectations thanks to new client wins and higher…

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British minister heckled over health reforms – Boston.com

Financial Times British minister heckled over health reformsBoston.comFebruary 20, 2012|Jill Lawless, AP Britain's health minister was angrily heckled Monday over health care reforms that the government says will improve efficiency but opponents claim threaten the foundation of the country's state-funded…

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Highmark Selects Verizon to Help Develop First Statewide Health Information … – MarketWatch (press release)

Highmark Selects Verizon to Help Develop First Statewide Health Information …MarketWatch (press release)21, 2012 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ — Patients accessing health care services across Pennsylvania will soon benefit from fewer duplicative diagnostic tests, faster retrieval of clinical information, stronger safety…

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Santorum calls Obama health program bad for marriage – Reuters

Globe and Mail Santorum calls Obama health program bad for marriageReutersBy Samuel P. Jacobs | STEUBENVILLE, Ohio (Reuters) – Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum accused Democratic President Barack Obama's administration on Monday of implementing healthcare policies that discourage marriage and…

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British Minister Heckled Over Health Reforms – ABC News

Telegraph.co.uk British Minister Heckled Over Health ReformsABC NewsBritain's health minister was angrily heckled Monday over health care reforms that the government says will improve efficiency but opponents claim threaten the foundation of the country's state-funded health care service. Protesters jostled…

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British minister jostled, heckled by opponents of divisive health care reforms – Washington Post

BBC News British minister jostled, heckled by opponents of divisive health care reformsWashington PostLONDON — Britain's health minister has been angrily heckled as he entered a meeting on the government's divisive health care reforms. Protesters jostled Health Secretary Andrew Lansley…

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Speaker: Catholic health care pioneers knew mission, money both crucial – Catholic News Service

Philadelphia Inquirer Speaker: Catholic health care pioneers knew mission, money both crucialCatholic News ServiceBy Nancy Frazier O'Brien WASHINGTON (CNS) — The women religious who were the pioneers and founders of Catholic health care understood that "to have the mission you…

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Health Secretary Andrew Lansley heckled by pensioner at Downing Street – Telegraph.co.uk

BBC News Health Secretary Andrew Lansley heckled by pensioner at Downing StreetTelegraph.co.ukAngry pensioner June Hautot confronted Andrew Lansley with cries of “shame” and “lies”, as the Health Secretary arrived at Downing Street for talks on his NHS reforms. By Rowena…

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Health groups furious over summit exclusion – Financial Times

Telegraph.co.uk Health groups furious over summit exclusionFinancial TimesBy Kiran Stacey, Political Correspondent Health professionals have condemned the “extraordinary” decision by the government not to invite some of the country's biggest professional groups to a summit at Number 10 about government…

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