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More than 3,500 reader comments later, we?re excited to report on the success of our recent community discussion on health care, the first open conversation of its kind on Change.gov. Members of our Health care Transition team, including former Senator Tom Daschle, were eager to dig in to the comments and find out more about the issues and concerns that drove the community...

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Maybe it will be the children without access to affordable health care. Maybe it will be 5 years of hell in Iraq. Maybe it will be for the downer cows in the food chain. Maybe it will be for all the support for women's health issues, like breast cancer. Maybe it will be for all those high mileage cars coming from Detroit auto plants. I'm sure there's something to thank Joe...

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... policies. I don't know what decisions the incoming Administration will make when it comes to health care policies, but the principles that will inform those choices are clear. The President-elect's choices will demonstrate a grasp of the facts as we know them and not just as we wish them to be. They will be grounded in his faith in people's ability to make change in their lives.

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Kathryn, your points are well-taken. It seems that Krugman really does believe that government magically provides free health care, and even though doctors and other medical personnel continue to be paid, apparently such a system has no opportunity cost. Granted,...

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MUNDELEIN, IL (MARKET WIRE) Knowing that clinicians in the field have some of the best ideas for improving health care, Medline Industries, Inc. announced today that they are accepting applications for research funding through their Prevention Above All Discoveries Grant program. Through the grant program, Medline intends to award up to $1 million in grants for research on...

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SALT LAKE CITY -- Citing the economic downturn, Intermountain Healthcare has told its 28,000 employees it will not contribute to their 401(k) retirement funds next year.

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... not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. On NewsvineRate Story:LowHigh MORE FROM HEALTH CARE Health care Section Front Add Health care headlines to your news reader: Top msnbc.com stories NBC News highlights

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All the efforts of SAVE THE PATIENT promote positive and productive interactions between patients and medical professionals by encouraging individuals to know and implement their rights to ask questions, receive understandable answers, and explore medical options. "SAVE THE PATIENT's mission is to assist the public in becoming better health care consumers," noted President and...

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reports losses of more than $284.5 million for the first nine months of the year, driven by significant reductions in investment income and softer patient volumes.The Charlotte-based health-care provider posted net income ? which it refers to as excess revenue over expenses ? of $182.5 million for the same period last year.?We are deeply concerned, but we are not panicked by what we...

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(By Karen Garloch, kgarloch@charlotteobserver.com) Carolinas HealthCare System, Charlotte's largest health-care provider, remains healthy despite a ?softening of patient demand? and an increase of $10 million more in interest payments on debt than projected for this year. At their quarterly board meeting Tuesday, hospital officials said the economic downturn means fewer...

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... Obama assumes the presidency and wants to mobilize his supporters toward a particular goal, say, health care reform. That said, it would behoove someone in Obama?s Internet shop to keep the account current, even by recording announcements of cabinet appointments. Events of the past week have underscored Twitter?s usefulness as a news source. Obama?s team would be wise to...

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CINCINNATI--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Boston Scientific (NYSE: BSX) shares have recently been smacked with selling pressure, as co-founders Peter Nicholas and John Abele unload their stock to meet margin calls. In a health-care

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As 2008 enters its last month, most Oklahomans? chief concern is their financial future ? and a large part of that concern for many people centers on health costs.

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Forget economic policies, health care issues and the two wars the U.S. is fighting.One thing is clearly on the minds of those who have their eyes on the Obama family: What sort of dog will they choose when they move into the White House next January?

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UnitedHealth Group (UHG) is a diversified health and well-being company, serving approximately 70 million Americans. UnitedHealth Group Incorporated's (UHG) focus is on enhancing the performance of the health system and improving the overall health and well-being of the people it serves and their communities. UHG works with approximately 560,000 physicians and...

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Santa Monica, CA -- The nationally recognized Consumer Watchdog sent a letter today to President-elect Obama urging him to fulfill his campaign pledge to make health care affordable and available by allowing any American to join Medicare, regardless of age. The group warned Obama that a proposal pushed by health insurance companies to require all Americans to buy...

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People are all in a tizzy over the fact that Planned Parenthood of Indiana is offering gift certificates for health care services. Anti-choice bloggers are predictably claiming that Planned Parenthood is offering ?gift certificates for abortion,? and that the gift certificates ?would be more accurately described as death certificates.? What they neglect to mention that Planned [...]

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Obama Transition Team Wants to Hear from You on Health Care by Mike Hall , Dec 1, 2008 How?s this for change in Washington? Instead of listening exclusively to the heath insurance industry and other corporate interests, as the Bush administration did for eight painful years, the soon-to-be Obama administration wants to hear from you on how the nation?s health care system can be reformed to...

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Getty Images Rampant waste in health care costs the nation hundreds of billions a year. The US spends more than two trillion dollars a year on health care, but are Americans getting full value for their money? ?No?, answers just about anyone who is anyone inside the health-care system. ?Our health-care system is fraught with waste,? Gary [...

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Following is a press release from Adventist announcing its plan to move forward with a new hospital in Clarksburg. The fact that Holy Cross has already announced its intention to open a new hospital in Germantown guarantees an interesting competition between the two giant health care providers. Will the state allow both proposed hospitals to be built? For Immediate Release December...

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