Health
US health insurer WellPoint buys Amerigroup
US health insurer WellPoint is buying Amerigroup, a manager of publicly funded health programs, for about $4.9 billion, the companies said Monday.
Jul 9, 2012
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Dentistry
Racial gap in kids' dental care vanishing: study
(HealthDay) -- Since 1964, the disparity between black and white children's dental care has narrowed dramatically, a new study finds.
Jul 5, 2012
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GlaxoSmithKline to pay $3 billion for health fraud
(AP) — GlaxoSmithKline LLC will pay $3 billion and plead guilty to promoting two popular drugs for unapproved uses and to failing to disclose important safety information on a third in the largest health care fraud settlement ...
Jul 2, 2012
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Health
9 out of 10 non-elderly Californians will be covered under Affordable Care Act: study
Nine out of 10 Californians under the age of 65 will be enrolled in health insurance programs as a result of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA), according to a joint study by the UC Berkeley Center for Labor ...
Jun 14, 2012
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Health
Health care arguments: Can any portion survive?
(AP) -- The Supreme Court signaled Wednesday that it could throw out other key parts of President Barack Obama's health care law if it first finds the individual insurance requirement unconstitutional.
Mar 28, 2012
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Health
Doctors threaten Medicaid cutoff in Puerto Rico
(AP) -- Physicians are threatening to stop serving nearly a million Puerto Ricans as a result of a dispute between the island's government and an insurance company over reimbursements for treating poor people.
Jul 14, 2011
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Health
Higher Medicaid payments to dentists associated with increased rate of dental care among children
Children and adolescents from states that had higher Medicaid payment levels to dentists between 2000 and 2008 were more likely to receive dental care, although children covered by Medicaid received dental care less often ...
Jul 12, 2011
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Medications
US Medicaid drug lists cost more, deliver less
The U.S. Medicaid program is likely paying far more than necessary for medications and not offering patients the most effective ones available, by ignoring international evidence-based lists of safe and effective medications, ...
Jun 17, 2011
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Health
Study examines impact of Massachusetts health law on emergency department visits
While overall emergency department use in Massachusetts continues to rise, the number of low-severity visits dropped slightly since the implementation of the state's health care reform law, according to an Annals of Emergency ...
Jun 6, 2011
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Health
Reformed Medicaid program must put coordinated care at forefront of efforts
A reformed Medicaid program must put coordinated primary care at the forefront of its efforts, the American College of Physicians (ACP) said in a new position paper released today at Internal Medicine 2011, ACP's annual scientific ...
Apr 8, 2011
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