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Drug company pays Iowa nearly $2 million
A drug company has paid Iowa nearly $2 million to settle fraud allegations. Bristol-Myers Squibb paid the money to Iowa as part of a $515 million national settlement that followed allegations that the New York-based company gave doctors improper...Tags: Illnesses, Medicaid, Mental Illness, Bristol Myers Squibb Company
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Advocacy group says Florida exaggerating benefits of Medicaid Reform
Sentinel Staff WriterThe State of Florida is exaggerating the benefits, and downplaying the drawbacks, of its 2-year-old Medicaid Reform experiment, a statewide advocacy group charged this morning. The Florida Community Health Action Information Network, aka Florida CHAIN,...Tags: Medicaid, Health Insurance
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Broadway Notes
Bailey Hicks Wins "Legally Blonde" Lead Role It's been a big week over at "Legally Blonde." On Sunday night, Laura Bell Bundy played her final performance as Elle Woods. On Monday night, it was revealed to the world on the musical's MTV reality series...Tags: Private Health Care, Tribeca, Music Theater, Broadway, Health Treatments
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Obama Urges Iran to Accept Nuke Proposal
Associated PressPARIS -- Democrat Barack Obama said Friday that Iran should promptly accept an international call to freeze its uranium enrichment program, which some nations see as a potential step toward obtaining nuclear weapons, and not wait for the next U.S....Tags: John Kerry, John McCain, Private Health Care, Defense, Local Elections
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Annual free health clinic opens in SW Virginia
Associated Press WriterMartha Green jiggled her wailing great-grandson as she waited for a seat in a free clinic's vision area so the growth on his eye could be examined. Green, her son and the 3-month-old infant arrived Thursday from Crossville, Tenn., for the once-yearly...Tags: Illnesses, Private Health Care, Medical Staff, Health Treatments, Hospitals and Clinics
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Hispanic Chamber's insurance
Of The Morning CallLooking to deliver low-cost health coverage to its members and their employees, the Hispanic Chamber of Commerce of the Lehigh Valley announced Thursday a new partnership with Aetna, a health insurance company in Hartford, Conn. The Chamber said the...Tags: Private Health Care, Health Treatments, Hartford (Hartford, Connecticut), Aetna Incorporated, Medical Services
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Medicare Part D a boon for drug companies, House report says
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterU.S. drug manufacturers are reaping a windfall from taxpayers because Medicare's privately administered prescription drug benefit program pays more than other government programs for the same medicines, a House committee charged in a report Thursday. The...Tags: John McCain, Heads of State, Elections, George Bush, Pharmaceuticals
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Health Care Advocates Bring Protest To State, Business Leaders
Courant Staff WriterJody Trestman spoke in a voice she hoped would carry to the offices of Gov. M. Jodi Rell. "We are standing here today because a person's health should no longer be trumped by a corporation's bottom line," said Trestman, whose February diagnosis of Crohn'...Tags: Private Health Care, Health Treatments, Insurance, Medical Services, Labor Legislation
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Court strikes down tighter Medicaid standards
Associated Press WriterA state policy laying out tighter criteria for Medicaid in-home care is invalid, a state appeals court ruled Thursday. The state Department of Health and Family Services, now known as the Department of Health Services, should have spelled out the policy...Tags: Long Term Care, Medicaid, Court Administration, Local Authority, Laws
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High cost of good intentions
Gov. Rod Blagojevich announced recently that he wants to give autistic children the most comprehensive health insurance coverage in the nation. If the legislature agrees to changes he wrote into a bill, state law will require companies that sell health...Tags: Private Health Care, Illnesses, Health Treatments, John Graham, Insurance
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