Midday Glance: Health Care Equipment companies – Investors Business Daily
Millipore fell $.42 or .6 percent, to $69.95. Patterson fell $.02 or .1 percent, to $26.82. PerkinElmer rose $.09 or .5 percent, to $19.75. Thermo Fisher fell $.45 or .9 percent, to $48.03. Varian Medical rose $.04 or .1 percent, to $46.11.
U.S. Senate freshmen exert leadership on health care – Erie Times-News
Since they came back from their August recess, with the angry words of their constituent town meetings ringing in their ears, the nine men and two women who were newly seated in the Senate majority have been meeting weekly to see what they might
White House will help close health bill loophole – Canton Repository
In a victory for people with cancer and other serious medical problems, the White House agreed Friday to help close a loophole in the Senate health care bill allowing annual dollar limits on their care. “The president has made it clear that health
Report: Health care overhaul may be more costly in long run – New Haven Register
health care overhaul plan through the Senate got a sober warning Friday that costs will keep going up and proposed Medicare savings may harm the program. A new report from government economic analysts at the Health and Human Services Department
Nursing home heads rarely disciplined – Chicago Sun-Times
Illinois nursing home administrators are rarely disciplined when things go wrong — including violent assaults on elderly patients — even though the state Health Department, which investigates nursing home care, refers dozens of cases a year to the
Proposed Medicaid cuts worry health care workers – Danbury News-Times
TULSA, Okla. (AP) — Potential cuts to the state Medicaid program would endanger services to Oklahoma’s youngest and most vulnerable patients, health care professionals have warned. Oklahoma’s tax-supported Medicaid program, called SoonerCare
Cook County Health Department to Offer H1N1 Vaccinations at Malls – Chicago Public Radio
The Cook County Department of Health is offering H1N1 vaccinations to the general public beginning Saturday. That follows nearly two months of priority vaccinations for high-risk patients. Health officials say anyone over six months can now get vaccinated. Spokeswoman Amy Poore says they’re setting
