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Oct 3rd 2008Drug InformationHealth Insurance / Medical Insurance
An Illinois appellate court on Friday ruled that Gov. Rod Blagojevich (D) did not have the authority to expand the state’s FamilyCare program without approval from the General Assembly, the
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Kaiser Health Tracking Poll: Election 2008, Kaiser Family Foundation: According to the latest poll, the economy continues to be the No. 1 issue that voters want the presidential candidates to address, but health care has “crept up” as a priority among the key voting group of independents in recent months.
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Extensis Group LLC., New Jersey’s largest Professional Employer Organization (PEO), has released an article on the growing trend of businesses using Consumer-Directed Health Plans to control their rising healthcare costs. Nationally, healthcare costs have continued to rise at rates greater than inflation.
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Oct 3rd 2008Drug InformationHealth Insurance / Medical Insurance
NPR’s “Morning Edition” on Tuesday reported on the estimated cost of the health care proposal of Democratic presidential nominee Sen. Barack Obama (Ill.). The segment includes comments from Joe Antos, a health policy analyst at the American Enterprise Institute; David Cutler, an economist at
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Oct 3rd 2008Drug InformationHealth Insurance / Medical Insurance
Walgreen has agreed to pay $9.9 million to settle allegations by the Department of Justice and four states — Florida, Massachusetts, Michigan and Minnesota — that the company improperly billed Medicaid, DOJ said in a statement on Monday, the
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Oct 3rd 2008Drug InformationHealth Insurance / Medical Insurance
Elizabeth Edwards, the wife of former Democratic presidential candidate and former Sen. John Edwards (N.C.), on Tuesday linked the current economic downturn with problems in the U.S. health care system, the AP/Kansas City Star reports. Elizabeth Edwards, who has incurable cancer, has made several recent public appearances in support of efforts to expand health insurance to all residents.
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Oct 3rd 2008Drug InformationHealth Insurance / Medical Insurance
Cephalon on Monday completed a $443.9 million settlement with federal and state regulators related to allegations of improper sales and marketing practices, the Wall Street Journal reports. Under the settlement, first disclosed in November 2007, Cephalon agreed with the Office of the U.S. attorney in Philadelphia and the
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Oct 3rd 2008Drug InformationHealth Insurance / Medical Insurance
CMS on Tuesday agreed to grant Massachusetts a three-year, $10.6 billion Medicaid waiver that will allow the state to continue its health insurance law, the Boston Globe reports (Lazar, Boston Globe, 10/1). The waiver will allow the state to spend $21.
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Oct 3rd 2008Drug InformationHealth Insurance / Medical Insurance
As California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger (R) considers legislation that “would expand what insurers are required to pay for, [he] must balance improved medical coverage — for those who have it — with the risk of driving costs so high that people can’t afford it,” the
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Oct 3rd 2008Drug InformationHealth Insurance / Medical Insurance
A new Harris Poll measures the public’s perceptions of which candidate would do better in handling sixteen different policy issues. It finds that John McCain has a sizable lead on defense, homeland security and keeping the U.S. safe from terrorism, and modest leads on Afghanistan, Iraq, the Middle East, Iran, Russia and gun control. Barack Obama has a substantial lead on the environment, education, health care and jobs.
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