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Medical News Today - Tue Dec 8, 8:41 am ET
The small business lobby is retooling its image as it considers how health care reform will affect its standing, CQ Politics reports. For the National Federation of Independent Business the "health care overhaul, more than any other political issue, is how the trade association made its name. In the spring of 1993, the NFIB came out strongly against an employer mandate in the health care bill ...
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Bloomberg - Mon Dec 7, 5:16 pm ET
Dec. 7 (Bloomberg) -- Shares of the following companies are having unusual moves in U.S. trading . Stock symbols are in parentheses, and prices are as of 3 p.m. in New York.
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INO News - Mon Dec 7, 5:58 pm ET
Aetna rose $.91 or 3.1 percent, to $29.89. CIGNA rose $1.08 or 3.4 percent, to $33.24.
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Bloomberg - Mon Dec 7, 3:31 pm ET
Dec. 7 (Bloomberg) -- Shares of the following companies are having unusual moves in U.S. trading . Stock symbols are in parentheses, and prices are as of 11:15 a.m. in New York.
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The Intelligencer - Tue Dec 8, 4:20 am ET
Montgomery County commissioners are being asked to make multimillion-dollar employee health insurance decisions in the dark, claimed Commissioner Bruce L. Castor Jr.
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PR Newswire via Yahoo! News - Tue Dec 8, 1:08 pm ET
WASHINGTON, Dec. 8 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The following Letters to the Editor from Louisiana small business owners were published in papers throughout the state, including: The Time Picayune, The News Star, The Shreveport Times and The Advocate. In the letters, the small business owners highlight the need for health care reform to lower the cost burden for their businesses and increase ...
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Bloomberg - Mon Dec 7, 2:31 pm ET
Dec. 7 (Bloomberg) -- U.S. stocks rose after managed-care providers rallied on an upgrade by Goldman Sachs Group Inc. and Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke said inflation expectations are stable.
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News-Medical-Net - Tue Dec 8, 6:45 am ET
Opponents of health reform are fear-mongering relentlessly during prolonged Senate debate, said Consumer Watchdog, spinning endlessly the lobbying messages of the insurance industry.
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Bloomberg - Mon Dec 7, 1:44 pm ET
Dec. 7 (Bloomberg) -- U.S. stocks advanced and the dollar erased its gain against the euro after Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke said inflation may slow, prompting speculation the central bank won’t raise rates anytime soon. Gold headed for the steepest two-day retreat since March.
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Investor's Business Daily via Yahoo! Finance - Fri Dec 11, 6:13 pm ET
HMO stocks have ticked up over the last several days in the wake of the Senate's latest proposed compromise on health insurance legislation.
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North Penn Life - Fri Dec 11, 10:30 am ET
The decision by Independence Blue Cross and Aetna to withdraw Medicare Advantage plans in January could leave 40,000 seniors in southeastern Pennsylvania without a primary physician or forced to pay full price for their medications.
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King of Prussia Courier - Fri Dec 11, 10:54 am ET
COURTHOUSE — Montgomery County has decided to provide health care insurance to county employees next year after being unable to obtain private coverage, according to county Commissioners’ Chairman James R. Matthews.
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Wall Street Transcript via Yahoo! Finance - Thu Dec 10, 3:10 pm ET
67 WALL STREET, New York - December 10, 2009 - The Wall Street Transcript has just published its Consumer Health Services Report offering a timely review of the sector to serious investors and industry executives. This 53 page feature contains expert industry commentary through in-depth interviews with public company CEOs, Equity Analysts and Money Managers. The full issue is available by ...
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Wall Street Transcript via Yahoo! Finance - Thu Dec 10, 3:04 pm ET
67 WALL STREET, New York - December 10, 2009 - The Wall Street Transcript has just published its Consumer Health Services Report offering a timely review of the sector to serious investors and industry executives. This 53 page feature contains expert industry commentary through in-depth interviews with public company CEOs, Equity Analysts and Money Managers. The full issue is available by ...
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Bloomberg - Thu Dec 10, 2:11 pm ET
Dec. 10 (Bloomberg) -- Drugmakers, hospitals and insurers are ramping up their opposition to provisions targeting their industries in health-care legislation as senators try to squeeze more savings out of the companies.