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Kennedy back in Senate to approve Medicare bill
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterIn a floor session electrified by the appearance of Sen. Edward M. Kennedy, the critically ill Massachusetts Democrat, the Senate voted Wednesday to stave off a cut in Medicare fees to doctors who treat seniors, military personnel and their families and...Tags: Upper House, Parliament, Edward M. Kennedy, John McCain, Caroline Kennedy
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Insurer Tackles Several Issues
Associated PressUnitedHealth Group Inc. cleared its decks of bad news on Wednesday, announcing a lower profit outlook, a restructuring that will trim 4,000 jobs and a $900 million payout to settle a class-action lawsuit over options backdating. UnitedHealth said its...Tags: Interior Policy, Corporate Officers, Employees, Hartford (Hartford, Connecticut), Pension and Welfare
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Study finds addictive drugs easily ordered online
AP Business WriterMore than three-quarters of Web sites that offer highly addictive medications do not require a prescription, according to a study released Wednesday. Powerful pain killers like morphine and oxycodone, and stimulants such as amphetamine, are among the so-...Tags: Medicine, Pharmaceuticals, Medical Research, Electronics, Drug Trafficking
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Health Insurer Stocks Tumble
Courant Staff WriterSome health insurer stocks fell sharply Thursday after Goldman Sachs downgraded Aetna and Health Net from neutral to "sell," stoking broader investor concern about how much and how soon profit margins will shrink in the industry's current downturn....Tags: Health Treatments, The Goldman Sachs Group Incorporated, Private Health Care, Cigna Corporation, Healthcare Policies
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Humana Inc. buying Metcare Health Plans
Humana Inc. on Monday said it agreed to buy Metcare Health Plans Inc., a subsidiary of West Palm Beach-based Metropolitan Health Networks Inc., for $14 million. The deal is subject to government approvals. It is expected to increase Humana's Medicare...Tags: Healthcare Policies, Palm Beach (Palm Beach, Florida)
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Taste goes green, healthy
Tribune criticCould this year's Taste of Chicago, the 28th, set a new attendance record? It might. The weather seers are predicting somewhat higher-than-average temperatures (which inspire people to head for the lakefront) for the next week, and sky-high gasoline...Tags: Restaurant and Catering Industry, Weather Statistics, Richard M. Daley, Grant Park, Metra
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La adolescencia que se pierde
EL SENTINELCada año más de 75,0000 jovencitas entre los 15 y 19 años quedan embarazadas. Esto provoca que muchas abandonen la escuela secundaria y tengan que enfrentar las dificultades y responsabilidades que conllevan el ser madres solteras. Este problema afecta...Tags: Regional Authority, Weston (Broward, Florida), Economic Sanctions, Foreign Aid
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Day Two: Could you live on $275 a week? That's Florida's maximum unemployment benefit
South Florida Sun-SentinelFlorida ranks as one of the lowest-paying states in the nation in what it pays unemployed workers. Whether you lose a $30,000-a-year job or one that pays six figures, your maximum unemployment compensation breaks out to $6.88 an hour — less than...Tags: Academic Progress, Boca Raton, Beach Vacations, J.P. Morgan Chase & Co., Broward County
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AMA rates health insurers
Tribune reporterTurning the tables on the health insurance industry's rankings of doctors, the American Medical Association on Monday said it will begin rating business practices of health plans that it says can slow payments to doctors and often confuse consumers....Tags: Health Treatments, Consumers, Health Organizations, Private Health Care, Cigna Corporation
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AMA calls physician reimbursements flawed
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterInsurance companies often fail to properly reimburse doctors, needlessly adding more than $200 billion a year to the nation's healthcare tab, the American Medical Assn. said Monday. An analysis of 3 million medical claims over a six-month period...Tags: Health Treatments, Health Organizations, Private Health Care, Coventry Health Care Incorporated, Cigna Corporation
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