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Medicare Announces Additional Funding For Health Insurance Counseling Programs For 2008

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced that an additional $15 million will be distributed to State Health Insurance Assistance Programs (SHIPs) to help people with Medicare get

June 9th, 2008

Connecticut Lawmaker Asks Gov. Rell To Delay Implementation Of Charter Oak Health Plan

Connecticut House Majority Leader Christopher Donovan (D) on Tuesday asked Gov. Jodie Rell (R) to delay implementing a new health plan for uninsured adults because of concerns that it could

June 9th, 2008

Walgreen Agrees To Pay $35M To Settle Allegations Of Improper Medication Switches For Medicaid Beneficiaries

Walgreen has agreed to pay $35 million to settle allegations that the company improperly switched the form of generic medications prescribed to Medicaid beneficiaries to receive higher reimbursements from the

June 9th, 2008

IHG And The Medical Tourism Association Join To Facilitate Medical-Related Travel Into Latin America

IHG (InterContinental Hotels Group) (LSE:IHG) (NYSE:IHG) (ADRs), one of the world's largest hotel groups by number of rooms, and the Medical Tourism Association, an international, non-profit association made up of

June 9th, 2008

Democratic Presidential Candidate Obama Reaches Number Of Delegates Needed To Secure Nomination

Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama (Ill.) on Tuesday secured an adequate number of delegates to become the presumptive nominee, the Washington Post reports (Balz/Kornblut, Washington Post, 6/4).

June 9th, 2008

Securities And Exchange Commission Must ‘Prevent Further Politicization Of Shareholder Proxies’ Over Votes On Universal Health Coverage Proposal

"It's corporate proxy season, and as usual, the shareholder activists are out to make a splash," but this year "there's an important twist: the Securities and Exchange Commission is helping

June 9th, 2008

Sen. Baucus, Rep. Stark Opinion Pieces Address Efforts To Overhaul U.S. Health Care System

The Hill on Tuesday published two opinion pieces by Senate Finance Committee Chair Max Baucus (D-Mont.) and House Ways and Means Subcommittee on Health Chair Pete Stark (D-Calif.). Summaries of

June 9th, 2008

Washington Post Examines Study Showing Decline In Percentage Of Uninsured Massachusetts Residents

The Washington Post on Wednesday examined the results of a study that found the percentage of uninsured Massachusetts residents decreased from 13% to 7% last year -- the first year

June 9th, 2008

California Legislature Takes Up Multiple Health Care Bills

"More than a dozen health bills are advancing through the [California] Legislature," some of which contain elements of a health care overhaul plan backed by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger (R) that

June 9th, 2008

Rep. Walberg Touts Market-Based Health Care Legislation In Washington Times Op-Ed

The "one-size-fits-all, Washington-based approach" to overhauling the U.S. health care system "is wrong" and, instead, reform should focus on providing a "patient-centered health care system that gives consumers direct control

June 9th, 2008

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