Health Care Payers Push Back Against Costs
The opacity surrounding prices and the practice of charging different buyers different prices for identical goods or services contribute mightily to the cost of health care, but at the least the former may be on the way out, an economist writes.
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Health Highlights: Feb. 3, 2012
Here are some of the latest health and medical news developments, compiled by the editors of HealthDay:
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Health Net 4Q profit drops on military revenue
Insurer Health Net Inc. said Friday its profit decreased 25 percent in the fourth quarter under new terms of a contract with the U.S. military's TriCare health program.
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Health Care's Jobs Boom
Baby boomers are turning 65, and they will need lots of help
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Doctors Health Press Supports Study Showing That Diabetes Could Boost the Risk of Hearing Loss
Doctors Health Press Supports Study Showing That Diabetes Could Boost the Risk of Hearing Loss The Doctors Health Press, a publisher of various natural health newsletters, books and reports, including the popular online Doctors Health Press e-Bulletin, is lending its support to a new study showing that diabetes, if not controlled well, boosts the risk of hearing loss. The Doctors Health Press, a ...
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New inner-city health center opens in Boston
Bob Thompson learned he had prostate cancer after routine screening at the Whittier Street Health Center, a community-based facility that has long served serving thousands of residents of the inner-city Roxbury neighborhood.
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Health Providers Across 40 Hospitals and 3,000 Physicians Join doxo
doxo, the all-in-one digital file cabinet and e-payment solution, today announced major healthcare provider systems joined doxo to connect with their patients online and reduce the complexity associated with medical bills, payments, and paperwork.
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Health bodies reject NHS reforms
Physiotherapist leaders have joined the Royal College of GPs in calling for the health bill in England to be scrapped, increasing pressure on the government.
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Health Highlights: Feb. 1, 2012
Here are some of the latest health and medical news developments, compiled by the editors of HealthDay:
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Paladina Health Opens Innovative Primary Care Clinic in Tacoma
Paladina Health, LLC., a direct primary care health services management company, today announced the opening of its affiliated Tacoma clinic at 1250 Pacific Avenue in Tacoma. The c
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