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CVS to Pay $875,000 Settlement - FOXBusiness.comCVS Caremark Corp. (CVS: 29.85, -1.04, -3.37%) agreed to pay an $875,000 settlement, Tuesday, in response to a lawsuit filed by the New York Attorney General. The settlement will officially end the lawsuit and Attorney General Andrew Cuomo’s investigation into the sale of expired ...
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Wall Street Gets H1N1 Vaccine - ABC News"Greed goes beyond just money," said Dr. Michael Coates, professor of Family and Community Medicine at Wake Forest University in Winston-Salem, N.C., of the news, which first appeared in a BusinessWeek article on Monday. "We have neither the seasonal nor the H1N1 vaccines for our patients. I had ...
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Flu shots for Wall Street stirs ire in New York | U.S. | ReutersNew York City health officials scrambled to explain themselves on Thursday in the wake of media reports about bankers who got scarce H1N1 flu vaccines through their employers. Members of Congress fired off letters demanding immediate explanations and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and ...
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Urban Hospitals May Feel Squeeze in Health Overhaul - NYTimes.comUrban Hospitals May Feel Squeeze in Health Overhaul As Congress struggles to rein in health care costs as part of its sweeping reform efforts, hospitals in New York City and other urban areas that provide some of the most expensive care are among the primary targets. The issue pits ...
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Cuts to Health Accounts May Force Patients to Expedite Care - Bloomberg.comOct. 30 (Bloomberg) -- About 35 million Americans may have as little as a month to take full advantage of a tax subsidy for out-of-pocket medical expenses under a health-reform bill Congress is debating. The legislation unveiled in the House yesterday would set for the first time a $2,500 cap ...
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A Senate Naysayer, Spoiling for Health Care Fight - NYTimes.comA Senate Naysayer, Spoiling for Health Care Fight WASHINGTON — Senator Tom Coburn ’s office is the rare Capitol Hill work space without a “me wall” — the display of photographs of a lawmaker standing beside presidents, foreign leaders and other dignitaries, all illustrating How Big a Deal he is. ...
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Congress Considers Revoking Health Insurance Industry's Exemption from Antitrust LawsAdobe Flash Player version 9.0.115 or higher is required to watch video inline on this webpage, and JavaScript must be enabled. You can choose another option on the listen/watch page if you prefer. Congress Considers Revoking Health Insurance Industry’s Exemption from Antitrust Laws ...
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Billionaires for WealthcareBillionaires for Wealthcare is a grassroots network of health insurance CEOs, HMO lobbyists, talk-show hosts, and others profiting off of our broken health care system. We'll do whatever it takes to ensure another decade where your pain is our gain. After all, when it comes to health insurance, ...
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The No. 1 Question About Swine Flu Vaccine - When? - NYTimes.comWorry Grows Among Doctors Over Clamor for Flu Vaccine The fear of swine flu is being compounded by new worries, this time among primary care doctors who say that they are already being swamped by calls from patients seeking the new vaccine, and that they are ill-prepared to cope with the ...
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Op-Ed Columnist - Dad’s Life or Yours? You Choose - NYTimes.comDad’s Life or Yours? You Choose So what would you do if your mom or dad, or perhaps your sister or brother, needed a kidney donation and you were the one best positioned to donate? Most of us would worry a little and then step forward. But not so fast. Because of our dysfunctional health ...
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