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Diabetes Prevention and Management a Promising Way to Improve Lives and Lower Costs
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June 14, 2011
Fighting diabetes through prevention or management can improve lives while lowering health care costs.
Obama Administration Provides $40 million for Chronic Disease Prevention
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June 13, 2011
A new chronic disease prevention initiative was announced Tuesday targeting the nation?s most common and costly health problems: heart disease, cancer, stroke, diabetes, and arthritis.
Insurance Company Promises to Refund Excessive Profits to Customers
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June 10, 2011
Blue Shield of California is promising to pay back its customers any excessive profits. Will any other insurance companies follow their lead?
GOP Medicare Scheme Backfires as NY Dem Wins Race for Congress
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May 26, 2011
The Republican agenda to kill Medicare, trample workers' rights and cut millionaires' taxes at the expense of everyone else took a well-earned beating in upstate New York on Tuesday, as a Democrat comfortably won the special election for a U.S. House seat the GOP has held for generations.
Health Care Costs More Than Doubled in Less Than a Decade
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May 24, 2011
A recent report by the consulting firm Milliman has found projected health care costs for a family of four to be over $19,000, a new record high.