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WASHINGTON (AP) — The former director of the National Institutes of Health is advising women to ignore new guidelines that delay the start of routine mammogram testing for breast cancer.
Aetna Government Health Plans of Hartford, Conn., appears to have gained an unfair advantage in competing for TRICARE’s North Region support contract, valued at $16.7 billion, by hiring a former chief of staff at TRICARE headquarters to help the company draft its winning proposal.
Senate Democrats on Sunday sparred with each other over how to fix the nation's troubled health care system, the moderates threatening to scuttle legislation if their demands weren't met and the more liberal members warning their party leaders not to bend.
Senate Democrats, without a vote to spare, pushed forward a bill to overhaul the U.S. health care system, but a divisive debate lies ahead, and there is no assurance the measure as written will win approval in the upper chamber of the Congress.
President Barack Obama's U.S. healthcare overhaul plan has cleared an important Senate hurdle but lawmakers warned on Sunday of challenges ahead in winning support for passage, even among Obama's own Democrats.
Two centrist senators, Ben Nelson and Joseph I. Lieberman, said that they were opposed the bill as it is currently written, particularly its inclusion of a new government-run insurance program.
Kaiser Permanente donated $20,000 to Bea Gaddy Family Centers Inc. to support the 27th annual Thanks for Giving Day Dinner.
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Lawmakers broke along party lines on a new aspect of the health care debate Sunday as a former National Institutes of Health...
PANAMA CITY — Sen. Don Gaetz does not want Florida to leave the Medicaid system. The Niceville Republican, whose five-county district includes southern Bay County, said recent news reports indicating he and fellow Sen. Mike Haridopolos,...
Senate Democrats managed to push health care reform legislation past a key hurdle on Saturday night, with a cloture vote that will lead to a debate on the Senate floor later this month, the Associated Press reported.
President Barack Obama's planned overhaul of the US health care system headed Sunday for another major political battle after it cleared a key Senate hurdle that allows for debate on the proposal.
NEW YORK (AP) -- Shares of some top managed care companies were mixed at the close of trading: Aetna fell $.29 or 1.0 percent, to $28.40. CIGNA rose $.19 or .6 percent, to $30.03. Coventry Healthcare fell $.09 or .4 percent, to $22.54. Humana fell $.39 or 1.0 percent, to $40.44. UnitedHealth fell $.07 or .2 percent, to $28.56. WellPoint unchanged at $52.14.
WASHINGTON — The former director of the National Institutes of Health is advising women to ignore new guidelines that delay the start of routine mammogram testing for breast cancer. Dr. Bernadine Healy says the directive would save money but not lives. The recommendation, released last week by an independent panel, recommends that women not routinely undergo mammograms until age 50. Longtime ...
Gov. Bill Richardson's administration is proposing to overhaul Medicaid and scale back health care services to some lower-income New Mexicans to cope with a projected budget shortfall of $300 million next year in the state's largest health care program.
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