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All rights reserved. http://news.yahoo.com/i/2168 business Business - Health Care Industry en-us Fri, 03 Jul 2009 18:56:51 GMT 5 142 18 http://news.yahoo.com/i/2168 http://l.yimg.com/a/i/us/nws/th/main_142b.gif http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/healthcare/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090703/ap_on_bi_ge/us_healthsouth_scrushy ap/20090703/us_healthsouth_scrushy AP business Fri, 03 Jul 2009 18:56:51 GMT AP - HealthSouth Corp. is accusing fired chief executive Richard Scrushy of hiding money in offshore bank accounts and transferring assets out of his name to avoid paying court judgments. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/healthcare/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_health_care_overhaul ap/20090703/us_health_care_overhaul AP politics Fri, 03 Jul 2009 11:25:42 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/healthcare/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_health_care_overhaul"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20090701/capt.756b2ba0bcd94e20ad7cda6caf260014.aptopix_obama_dcpm107.jpg?x=86&y=130&q=85&sig=dE2jEB_PCjBILIcZWWuBrw--" align="left" height="130" width="86" alt="President Barack Obama gestures as he answers questions during a discussion on health care, Wednesday, July 1, 2009, at Northern Virginia Community College in Annandale , Va. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)" border="0" /></a>AP - First you paid to insure your car. Soon you may have to add health insurance premiums to that stack of monthly bills as well.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/healthcare/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_health_care_overhaul"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20090701/capt.756b2ba0bcd94e20ad7cda6caf260014.aptopix_obama_dcpm107.jpg?x=86&y=130&q=85&sig=dE2jEB_PCjBILIcZWWuBrw--" align="left" height="130" width="86" alt="photo" title="President Barack Obama gestures as he answers questions during a discussion on health care, Wednesday, July 1, 2009, at Northern Virginia Community College in Annandale , Va. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/healthcare/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ibd/20090702/bs_ibd_ibd/20090702health ibd/20090702/20090702health Investor's Business Daily business Thu, 02 Jul 2009 22:14:03 GMT Investor's Business Daily - Excitement over its Provenge cancer drug continues to build at Dendreon, the Seattle-based biotech that has seen shares hover near their all-time high for the past month. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/healthcare/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090702/ap_on_go_pr_wh/us_obama_health_forum ap/20090702/us_obama_health_forum AP politics Thu, 02 Jul 2009 01:33:57 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/healthcare/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090702/ap_on_go_pr_wh/us_obama_health_forum"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20090701/capt.9053461c979843a896dcbdbb0a5ed02e.aptopix_obama__vaab101.jpg?x=130&y=107&q=85&sig=IFxAcMD2XapK38lC8uwzcQ--" align="left" height="107" width="130" alt="President Barack Obama hugs Debby Smith, 53, from Appalachia, Va., after she asks him about her health care during a town hall meeting at the Northern Virginia Community College in Annandale, Va., Wednesday, July 1, 2009.(AP Photo/Alex Brandon)" border="0" /></a>AP - President Barack Obama wanted to put a human face on his plans to overhaul health care, and a Virginia supporter did just that Wednesday. Fighting back tears, Debby Smith, 53, told Obama of her kidney cancer and her inability to obtain health insurance or hold a job.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/healthcare/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090702/ap_on_go_pr_wh/us_obama_health_forum"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20090701/capt.9053461c979843a896dcbdbb0a5ed02e.aptopix_obama__vaab101.jpg?x=130&y=107&q=85&sig=IFxAcMD2XapK38lC8uwzcQ--" align="left" height="107" width="130" alt="photo" title="President Barack Obama hugs Debby Smith, 53, from Appalachia, Va., after she asks him about her health care during a town hall meeting at the Northern Virginia Community College in Annandale, Va., Wednesday, July 1, 2009.(AP Photo/Alex Brandon)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/healthcare/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090701/ap_on_bi_ge/us_med_health_insurance ap/20090701/us_med_health_insurance AP business Wed, 01 Jul 2009 21:56:33 GMT AP - The percentage of Americans with private health insurance has hit its lowest mark in 50 years, according to two new government reports. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/healthcare/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090701/ap_on_bi_ge/us_healthsouth_sentencing ap/20090701/us_healthsouth_sentencing AP business Wed, 01 Jul 2009 21:17:09 GMT AP - A former HealthSouth Corp. finance chief has been ordered to spend three months in federal prison for his role in the $2.6 billion financial fraud that nearly wrecked the company. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/healthcare/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090701/bs_nm/us_astrazeneca_patent nm/20090701/us_astrazeneca_patent Reuters business Wed, 01 Jul 2009 04:16:11 GMT Reuters - A U.S. patent research group says it has uncovered evidence that could be used to declare AstraZeneca Plc's patent for its cholesterol fighter Crestor invalid. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/healthcare/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090701/ap_on_bi_ge/us_tylenol_safety_fda ap/20090701/us_tylenol_safety_fda AP business Wed, 01 Jul 2009 02:51:02 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/healthcare/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090701/ap_on_bi_ge/us_tylenol_safety_fda"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20090630/capt.a2c4cf98ffb44685baa4938e15d085cf.tylenol_safety_fda_masr103.jpg?x=130&y=127&q=85&sig=H71jgiFIcbYdkB1.iivKOA--" align="left" height="127" width="130" alt="A bottle of Tylenol, which contains the ingredient acetaminophen, appears with its box wrapper, in Walpole, Mass., Tuesday, June 30, 2009. In a series of votes Tuesday, a Food and Drug Administration panel endorsed lowering the maximum dose of over-the-counter acetaminophen — the key ingredient in Tylenol, Excedrin and other medications. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)" border="0" /></a>AP - Government experts called for sweeping safety restrictions Tuesday on the most widely used painkiller, including reducing the maximum dose of Tylenol and eliminating prescription drugs such as Vicodin and Percocet.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/healthcare/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090701/ap_on_bi_ge/us_tylenol_safety_fda"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20090630/capt.a2c4cf98ffb44685baa4938e15d085cf.tylenol_safety_fda_masr103.jpg?x=130&y=127&q=85&sig=H71jgiFIcbYdkB1.iivKOA--" align="left" height="127" width="130" alt="photo" title="A bottle of Tylenol, which contains the ingredient acetaminophen, appears with its box wrapper, in Walpole, Mass., Tuesday, June 30, 2009. In a series of votes Tuesday, a Food and Drug Administration panel endorsed lowering the maximum dose of over-the-counter acetaminophen — the key ingredient in Tylenol, Excedrin and other medications. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/healthcare/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090630/ap_on_bi_ge/us_pfizer_sutent_study ap/20090630/us_pfizer_sutent_study AP business Tue, 30 Jun 2009 21:26:14 GMT AP - Pfizer is discontinuing a late-stage study of its cancer drug Sutent (SOO-tent) as an initial treatment for colon cancer because the drug is not proving effective enough. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/healthcare/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090630/bs_nm/us_walmart nm/20090630/us_walmart Reuters business Tue, 30 Jun 2009 20:48:40 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/healthcare/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090630/bs_nm/us_walmart"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20090630/i/r2968058424.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=dltxokoKeFrBhgQD5QrFAg--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="People walk past a Wal-Mart sign in Rogers, Arkansas June 4, 2009. REUTERS/Jessica Rinaldi" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Wal-Mart Stores Inc , the world's largest retailer, said on Tuesday that it supports President Barack Obama's push to require large employers to offer health insurance to workers.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/healthcare/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090630/bs_nm/us_walmart"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20090630/i/r2968058424.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=dltxokoKeFrBhgQD5QrFAg--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="People walk past a Wal-Mart sign in Rogers, Arkansas June 4, 2009. REUTERS/Jessica Rinaldi" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/healthcare/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090630/ap_on_go_co/us_health_care_overhaul_public_plan ap/20090630/us_health_care_overhaul_public_plan AP politics Tue, 30 Jun 2009 20:17:17 GMT AP - Senators on a key committee are putting the finishing touches on a government health insurance option that they hope will win broad support among Democrats and the public. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/healthcare/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090630/ap_on_go_pr_wh/us_wal_mart_health_care ap/20090630/us_wal_mart_health_care AP politics Tue, 30 Jun 2009 17:21:03 GMT AP - Wal-Mart has embraced President Barack Obama's call for requiring all large employers to offer health insurance to their workers. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/healthcare/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090629/ap_on_bi_ge/us_teva_antares_product ap/20090629/us_teva_antares_product AP business Mon, 29 Jun 2009 20:11:33 GMT AP - Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. and Antares Pharma Inc. said Monday the companies received Food and Drug Administration approval for use of the human growth hormone Tev-Tropin in a needle-free injection system. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/healthcare/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090629/ap_on_bi_ge/us_universal_american_mover ap/20090629/us_universal_american_mover AP business Mon, 29 Jun 2009 16:46:03 GMT AP - Shares of health insurance provider Universal American Corp. advanced Monday following an upgrade from a Goldman Sachs analyst, who said the company's stock price more than reflects the difficulties Universal American faces. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/healthcare/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090628/ap_on_go_pr_wh/us_obama_health_care ap/20090628/us_obama_health_care AP politics Sun, 28 Jun 2009 22:32:55 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/healthcare/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090628/ap_on_go_pr_wh/us_obama_health_care"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20090703/capt.photo_1246657426141-1-0.jpg?x=95&y=130&q=85&sig=szerrEqYN4AP4VaE09NMCg--" align="left" height="130" width="95" alt="US President Barack Obama arrives to board the Marine One helicopter at Fort McNair in Washington, DC. A model of Obama will make its debut at the "Hall of Presidents" in Orlando's Disney World during Independence Day celebrations on Saturday, Disney announced.(AFP/Jewel Samad)" border="0" /></a>AP - The Obama White House left open the possibility Sunday that the president would break a campaign promise and raise taxes on people earning less than $250,000 to support his health care overhaul agenda.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/healthcare/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090628/ap_on_go_pr_wh/us_obama_health_care"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20090703/capt.photo_1246657426141-1-0.jpg?x=95&y=130&q=85&sig=szerrEqYN4AP4VaE09NMCg--" align="left" height="130" width="95" alt="photo" title="US President Barack Obama arrives to board the Marine One helicopter at Fort McNair in Washington, DC. A model of Obama will make its debut at the "Hall of Presidents" in Orlando's Disney World during Independence Day celebrations on Saturday, Disney announced.(AFP/Jewel Samad)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/healthcare/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090626/ap_on_bi_ge/us_ista_pharmaceuticals_fda ap/20090626/us_ista_pharmaceuticals_fda AP business Fri, 26 Jun 2009 19:59:37 GMT AP - A panel of federal experts said Friday an anti-itching drug from eye care company Ista Pharmaceuticals is safe and effective, according to a government spokeswoman. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/healthcare/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090624/ap_on_bi_ge/us_insurers_faulty_payments ap/20090624/us_insurers_faulty_payments AP business Wed, 24 Jun 2009 23:42:30 GMT AP - Congressional investigators said Wednesday two-thirds of the U.S. health insurance industry used a faulty database that overcharged patients for seeing doctors outside their insurance network, costing Americans billions of dollars in inflated medical bills. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/healthcare/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090624/ap_on_bi_ge/cigna_ceo_retirement ap/20090624/cigna_ceo_retirement AP business Wed, 24 Jun 2009 23:00:51 GMT AP - Managed care company Cigna Corp. said Wednesday Chairman and CEO H. Edward Hanway will retire at the end of 2009, ending a nearly decade-long run leading the company. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/healthcare/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090624/ap_on_bi_ge/us_watson_pharmaceuticals_fda ap/20090624/us_watson_pharmaceuticals_fda AP business Wed, 24 Jun 2009 22:06:35 GMT AP - Watson Pharmaceuticals Inc. said Wednesday it recieved Food and Drug Administration approval for a generic version of Duramed Pharmaceuticals' Plan B emergency contraceptive. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/healthcare/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090623/ap_on_go_pr_wh/us_obama_insurers_analysis ap/20090623/us_obama_insurers_analysis AP politics Tue, 23 Jun 2009 21:01:30 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/healthcare/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090623/ap_on_go_pr_wh/us_obama_insurers_analysis"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20090623/capt.7050921ebb504877a4b5c6c3adfd6148.obama_dcpm109.jpg?x=130&y=95&q=85&sig=tlEK6P0GlWhar0kY6yUzhw--" align="left" height="95" width="130" alt="President Barack Obama gestures during his news conference in the Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House on Washington, Tuesday, June 23, 2009. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)" border="0" /></a>AP - Even for a Democratic president, Barack Obama's challenge to health insurance companies and free market principles Tuesday were unusually pointed.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/healthcare/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090623/ap_on_go_pr_wh/us_obama_insurers_analysis"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20090623/capt.7050921ebb504877a4b5c6c3adfd6148.obama_dcpm109.jpg?x=130&y=95&q=85&sig=tlEK6P0GlWhar0kY6yUzhw--" align="left" height="95" width="130" alt="photo" title="President Barack Obama gestures during his news conference in the Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House on Washington, Tuesday, June 23, 2009. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP)