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NEW YORK (AP) -- Shares of some top managed care companies are up at 10 a.m.: Aetna rose $.48 or 1.6 percent, to $30.95. CIGNA rose $1.12 or 3.3 percent, to $34.67. Coventry Healthcare rose $.49 or 2.2 percent, to $22.91. Humana rose $1.33 or 3.3 percent, to $42.21. UnitedHealth rose $.71 or 2.5 percent, to $29.21. WellPoint rose $.67 or 1.2 percent, to $56.00.
_$519 billion in routine payments for Medicare and Medicaid. _$3.9 billion for more than 5,000 "earmarks" _ or homestate projects sought by lawmakers.
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Move over, mixed drinks and beer. Some drinkers, particularly younger adults, want their alcohol with some extra kick in it, and no, not necessarily copious amounts of sugar. They prefer drinks that combine alcohol and caffeine.
Harrison County Home and Public Health’s Immunization Clinic will be held from 8:30 a.m. to noon Dec. 16, at Harrison County Home and Public Health office at 116 N. Second Ave. in Logan.
Beginning next week, all Illinois residents will be eligible to receive the H1N1 vaccination.
Harrison County Home and Public Health reminds residents that children ages six months through nine years are recommended to receive two doses of the 2009 H1N1 vaccine. The Iowa Department of Public Health and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommend that the two doses of the vaccine be separated by 28 days (four weeks); that means for many children, it is time to administer ...
WASHINGTON (AP) — Abortion rights groups, outflanked and outnumbered in the health debate, are scrambling to regain lost ground after the House passed a health bill with strict abortion limits.
Harrison County Home and Public Health reminds residents that children ages 6 months through 9 years are recommended to receive 2 doses of the 2009 H1N1 vaccine. The Iowa Department of Public Health and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommend that the two doses of the vaccine be separated by 28 days (four weeks); that means for many children, it is time to administer their ...
WASHINGTON (AP) — House Democrats missed opportunities to improve the House-passed health care bill when they rejected Republican ideas to limit lawsuits and give states more flexibility to enact innovative changes, a GOP lawmaker said Saturday.
WASHINGTON (AP) — The government paid more than $47 billion in questionable Medicare claims including medical treatment showing little relation to a patient’s condition, wasting taxpayer dollars at a rate nearly three times the previous year.
Harrison County Home and Public Health’s immunization clinic will be held from 8:30 a.m. to noon Dec. 16 at the Harrison County Home and Public Health building, 116 N. Second Ave., Logan.
Prognosis is also worse for overweight women, researchers find
About 100,000 packages of Alka-Seltzer cold capsules have been recalled because of a labeling error, says Bayer Healthcare.
WASHINGTON -(Dow Jones)- House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D., Calif.) Thursday appeared to endorse part of a Senate alternative to a public plan that would allow people between 55 and 64 to buy into the Medicare program.
WASHINGTON — Despite a massive budget deficit, House Democrats pressed ahead Thursday with a h...
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