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Managed Care February 2005 Mark Zitter	Managing Drugs for Rare Genetic Diseases: Trends and Insights Evaluates recent trends and challenges in health system management of exceedingly rare genetic diseases, from the perspective of the manufacturer, managed care organization, physician, and actuary.
Managed Care February 2005 John A. Marcille	Is This the Health Care Revolution That We Need? Reports on former house speaker Newt Gingrich's vision for health care.
Managed Care February 2005 John Carroll	Just What Can We Expect From New Head of HHS? How much will plans have to "be like Mike" -- Leavitt, that is. The influence of the secretary of health and human services reaches beyond the public sector.
Managed Care February 2005	Medicare's Drug Coverage Seeks To Strike Compromise Health plan officials are still trying to determine just how the final rules for the new Medicare prescription drug benefit will affect them, because it appears that government officials tried their best to address the competing concerns of all players.
Managed Care February 2005	Class-Action Suit By 600,000 Docs Heading To Court Discusses a lawsuit filed by about 600,000 physicians against some of the biggest health plans in the country: Humana, PacifiCare, UnitedHealthcare, WellPoint, Anthem, and Health Net. Aetna and Cigna were named but settled out of court.
Managed Care February 2005 MargaretAnn Cross	Big Companies Push For Better Online Tools Now that large companies are adding health information to their benefit portals on the Web, insurers will have to work more closely with them.
Managed Care February 2005	Medicare drives plan membership; Wall Street moderately bullish In a world riddled by risk, managed care is giving Wall Street reason for optimism. Last year, the sector had a banner year -- with an average weighted return of 49 percent, compared with 9 percent for the S&P 500
The Motley Fool February 24, 2005 Stephen D. Simpson	RenaissanceRe Hunkers Down This high-quality insurer is preparing for a cyclical downturn by maintaining pricing discipline.
CFO February 22, 2005 Joseph McCafferty	Attention Shoppers Consumer-driven health plans are catching on quickly, but are they the answer to runaway medical costs?
CFO February 22, 2005 Martha E. Mangelsdorf	I Want a New Drug Plan Companies hoping to curb prescription-drug charges are looking at a host of new cost-control measures.
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