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NEW YORK (AP) -- Shares of some top managed care companies are mixed at noon: Aetna fell $.10 or .3 percent, to $29.68. CIGNA fell $.23 or .7 percent, to $30.73. Coventry Healthcare fell $.12 or .5 percent, to $22.56. Humana rose $.27 or .7 percent, to $41.78. UnitedHealth fell $.33 or 1.1 percent, to $28.80. WellPoint rose $.07 or .1 percent, to $52.43.
As tax revenues continue to plummet, the state's bill for providing health insurance to those in need has soared, putting further pressure on a budget shortfall that might need a special session to fix, state officials said Monday.
Nov. 10 (Bloomberg) -- New York City expanded its weekend clinics to provide free swine flu vaccines to vulnerable groups after low turnout for the program’s debut led to leftover shots and idle workers at the temporary facilities.
Republicans have been downright giddy following the off-year elections in Virginia and New Jersey. In a swing state and a blue state, Republicans pulled off significant victories with Chris Christie's defeat of Gov. John Corzine and Robert McDonnell defeating Creigh Deeds.
The American Medical Association on Monday rebuffed dissident members and voted to stick with support for ongoing health reform efforts, while reiterating wariness over proposals that threaten doctors' pocketbooks and independence.
For those fighting to expand gay rights in New York, State Senator Rubén Díaz Sr., a Pentecostal minister, represents the most outspoken and unpredictable of foes.
As Governor David Paterson prepares to take an ax to state health care spending and legislative hearings are being concluded, a representative for more than 100 continuing care facilities has some advice: “It’s the wrong reform at the wrong time.”
Washing hands is the single most important way to avoid the swine flu, says the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Simple, right? Here's the dirty truth:
With demand for the swine flu vaccine outpacing supply, the CDC says it's open to considering importing a generic flu drug from India. There's just one problem: The brand-name drug is still under U.S. patent. The company's chairman says he just wants to help.
A laptop stolen in the Chicago area this summer compromised the personal information of nearly 19,000 doctors, therapists and other providers in Connecticut affiliated with Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Connecticut — part of a much broader data breach affecting 850,000 health care professionals in all 50 states.
LOS ANGELES----Health Net, Inc. announced today that members of its management team are scheduled to present at the Credit Suisse 18th Annual Healthcare Conference on November 12, 2009, at 12:00 p.m.
Aetna rose $.66 or 2.3 percent, to $29.82. CIGNA rose $.08 or .3 percent, to $30.96.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is enforcing the flavored cigarette ban provision that is part of the newly-enacted Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act (Tobacco Control Act) by issuing several warning letters to companies that continue to sell illegal flavored cigarettes to consumers in the United States through Web sites. The warning letters directed [...]
No psychiatrist in Illinois -- or Texas, Florida and California, for that matter -- has come close to Dr. Michael Reinstein in prescribing the antipsychotic drug clozapine to public aid patients, Medicaid records show. He also tops the charts in Illinois in prescribing two other common antipsychotics, Seroquel and Haldol.
Analysts point to low profit margins, small contributions to rising total costs.
( NIH/National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute ) The health of your heart has a lot to do with the foods you eat. To help busy people and families shop for, prepare, and serve healthy meals, the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute of the National Institutes of Health created and published "Keep the Beat Recipes: Deliciously Healthy Dinners."
