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Managed Care December 2007 Martin Sipkoff	Large Plans Do Well Under Part D, But Premium Hikes Cloud Future Profits should increase over the next two years for plans that stay the course, but politics and rising premiums may affect long-term results.
Managed Care December 2007 Lola Butcher	Insurers Get Involved in Campaign Against Hospital-Acquired Infections Health plans prod hospitals to do a better job of addressing problems that kill nearly 100,000 Americans a year.
Managed Care December 2007 John Marcille	An Unexpected Observation Who of the presidential candidates does Aetna President Mark Bertolini think offers a plan that will prove most effective? Sen. Hillary Clinton, that's who.
Managed Care December 2007 John Carroll	New York Plan Emerges As Pattern for Rating Physicians The Empire State's approach to physician ratings quickly gains health plan support and consideration as a national answer.
Managed Care December 2007	Strong Support for Transparency, But Small Effect Expected on Costs Three quarters of health care leaders believe increased transparency -- the public reporting of quality and pricing by name of hospital, physician practice, or health care provider -- is essential to improve the performance of the United States' health care system, according to a survey.
Managed Care December 2007	Privately Insured Use Emergency Room Less A recently issued brief from the Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation seeks to characterize and analyze persons who frequently, or infrequently, use hospital emergency department.
Managed Care December 2007 Lola Butcher	From Consumer-Directed to Consumer-Driven Many new programs offered by insurers bet that individuals, not employers, will one day be making the major decisions.
Managed Care December 2007	Insurers Offer More Coverage to Fill Part D Gap Filling the gap in coverage in which the enrollee pays 100% of total drug costs before catastrophic coverage begins will be a significant issue that stand-alone Prescription Drug Plans and Medicare Advantage Prescription Drug plans face in 2008.
ifeminists January 3, 2008 Brad	Your DNA please, Citizen Ron Paul pushes legislation to eliminate the right of citizenship by being born in the United States.
InternetNews January 3, 2008 Sean Michael Kerner	3Com's Buyout Bid Faces Government Scrutiny Chinese involvement in the $2 billion buyout of networking vendor 3Com may be prompting a U.S. regulatory committee to take a closer look into the transaction.
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