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Why Are HIV Activists Against the EU-India Free Trade Deal? WSJ Blogs

On Friday, as Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh met European Union officials to discuss a long-pending free-trade agreement, health care activists and HIV-positive people took to the streets in New Delhi.
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Budget Ducks Big Benefit Cuts; Administration Wouldn't Tackle Entitlements Outside a Broader Deal on Deficit WSJ.com

President Barack Obama's budget proposal Monday will offer several measures to trim the federal deficit in the next 10 years. But it would leave largely unchanged the biggest drivers of future government spending: the Medicare, Medicaid and ...
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House Insider Bill Passes With New Backers WSJ.com

After a six-year effort, the House of Representatives passed legislation that would formally ban insider trading by Congress, along the way picking up support from some surprising backers—lawmakers who actively trade stocks.
The Elder-Care Crapshoot; As more boomers require long-term care, a growing industry offers guidance for seniors. But how trustworthy -- and costly -- is it? SmartMoney.com

When Deborah Lanne went looking for live-in care for her ailing, 80-year-old father, she was initially optimistic: His long-term-care insurance policy required that a professional geriatric-care manager conduct an assessment of his needs, ...
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A Different Kind of Hospital Stock Barrons.com

Hurt by a weak economy and worries about cuts in government health-care spending, hospital stocks lost a lot of luster last year. And Universal Health Services (ticker: UHS) got tarnished right along with the rest. Though up 29% since ...
How Affordable Care Act helped spark plan to improve health of Kent County residents WSJM

Emily Zoladz | The Grand Rapids PressSheena Jenkinson-Jones, 23, of Kentwood talks with Dr. Karla Hemphill-Harris during a prenatal check-up in September at Cherry Street Health Services. Prenatal care is one of the five areas targeted for ...
A Remedy for Runaway Health-Care Costs Barrons.com

The cost of care for "duals"—chiefly, elderly and disabled Americans who are eligible for both the Medicare and Medicaid programs—represents one of the biggest health-care challenges facing the country.
Can Accountable-Care Organizations Improve Health Care While Reducing Costs? WSJ.com

It's often said that the main method of paying health-care providers—with a fee for each service—results in increased and wasteful spending. Such a system, its critics say, rewards providers just for doing more procedures, rather than for ...
Coventry Health profit, enrollment fall MarketWatch

NEW YORK (MarketWatch) — Coventry Health Care Inc.’s fourth-quarter earnings fell 43% as the managed-care company’s enrollment declined, though revenue increased more than expected.
Blasted by GOP, health reform is adding jobs; Economists see gains for big employer in Florida and the nation MarketWatch

WASHINGTON (MarketWatch) — While Republican presidential hopefuls in Florida decry President Barack Obama’s health-care reform as job-killing, for one big chunk of the economy — the health-care sector itself — the controversial law will ...
Health-Care Sector Added 30,900 Jobs Last Month WSJ Blogs

The overall economy added 243,000 jobs last month -- with the health-care sector continuing to show strength -- while the unemployment rate fell to 8.3%.
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New Way to Pay Doctors; UnitedHealth, Nation's Largest Insurer, Is Latest to Announce Fee Overhaul WSJ.com

Efforts to change how Americans pay for health care are gathering momentum on a national scale as UnitedHealth Group Inc., the largest U.S. health insurer, becomes the latest carrier to say it is overhauling its fees for medical providers.
Report: Mercy Health, other hospitals marketing lucrative services by data mining patient records WSJM

View full sizeMuskegon Chronicle File PhotoWayland Union High School student Danielle Marvin gets a heart screening at Hackley Hospital in July 2011. A USA Today report says that Mercy Health Partners, which owns Hackley, is among a growing ...
Canadian stocks fall on Greek deal uncertainty MarketWatch

NEW YORK (MarketWatch) — Canadian stocks fell Thursday as telecoms and health care stocks sold off, offsetting positive sentiment from news that Greek leaders had struck a deal to avoid default.
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Recovery Redraws Labor Landscape; Hiring Is Brisk for Restaurants, Health Care, Other Service Jobs WSJ.com

Since the recovery began 2½ years ago, the U.S. economy has notched nearly 2 million jobs. But the industries that shed the most workers during the recession aren't necessarily the ones hiring them back during the recovery.

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