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Report Criticizes Medicare Role in Fraud Investigations

admin — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 06:26:01 +0000

Investigators are reporting that the Medicare program largely failed to give antifraud contractors much of the information they needed to do their work.

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Report Criticizes Medicare Role in Fraud Investigations

Ethnicity study

admin — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 00:13:49 +0000

‘I thought I was alone with multiple sclerosis’

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Ethnicity study

Give children ‘healthy Halloween’

admin — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 00:13:42 +0000

Parents should shun chocolate and sweets this Halloween and offer spooky-themed healthy food, a charity says.

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Obama to lift HIV entry ban soon

admin — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 18:27:42 +0000

President Barack Obama says he will end the 22-year ban on people with HIV entering the US from the start of 2010.

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Global jump in swine flu deaths

admin — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 17:33:03 +0000

The number of swine flu deaths reported worldwide jumps by 700 in a week, latest World Health Organization figures reveal.

How Much Will This Overhaul Cost?

admin — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 15:58:00 +0000

The House bill would trigger more than $1 trillion in spending to expand health insurance over a decade, with penalties paid by companies and individuals offsetting some of the expense.

WHO experts: Single dose of swine flu vaccine may be enough

admin — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 14:33:58 +0000

One dose of vaccine might be enough to protect both adults and children older than 6 months against the swine flu pandemic, an international expert panel has concluded.

Doctor and Patient: Your Medicare Options? Now Is the Time to Weigh Them

admin — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 14:07:30 +0000

Before the year ends, people have to decide whether to choose a new plan in the propram or to change nothing at all.

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House Health Bill Could Swell With Expected Amendment

admin — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 12:44:00 +0000

A “manager’s amendment” from House Democrats could run hundreds of pages and contain all sorts of surprises, a Republican House leader says.

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A Senate Naysayer, Spoiling for Health Care Fight

admin — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 06:19:50 +0000

As a bill heads to the floor, Senator Tom Coburn prepares for what he considers a career pinnacle of havoc.

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