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Health insurer Aetna's 2Q profit rises 17%

By Tom Murphy / Associated Press | July 30, 2013

Aetna Inc.'s second-quarter earnings jumped 17%, and the health insurer raised its 2013 forecast as it reaped revenue and enrollment gains from its acquisition of fellow insurer Coventry Health Care.
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Pfizer to pay $491M to resolve drug marketing case

By Linda A. Johnson / Associated Press | July 30, 2013

Pfizer and the Justice Department say the drugmaker will pay almost $491 million to resolve an investigation into illegal marketing of the company's organ transplant drug Rapamune.
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Express Scripts 2Q net income climbs as costs fall

By Associated Press | July 30, 2013

Express Scripts says its second-quarter net income more than tripled compared to last year, when costs from the pharmacy benefits manager's acquisition of competitor Medco Health Solutions dented its performance.
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Perrigo to buy Elan for $8.6B, seeks tax savings

By Shawn Pogatchnik / Associated Press | July 29, 2013

U.S. drugmaker Perrigo agreed Monday to buy Ireland's Elan for $8.6 billion in a deal that should allow the rapidly growing company to reduce its tax bill and boost its royalty stream.
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Missouri panel urged to expand Medicaid

By Alan Scher Zagier ./ Associated Press | July 28, 2013

Cattle rancher Darvin Bentlage drove 400 miles roundtrip this weekend to put a human face on the contentious, confounding and convoluted debate over Medicaid expansion in Missouri.
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Nevada's insurance exchange a work in progress

By Sandra Chereb / Associated Press | July 28, 2013

Nevada's health insurance exchange won't have all the bells and whistles initially hoped for when it launches Oct. 1.
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Ex-LSU hospitals' employees can re-apply for jobs next week

By Associated Press | July 28, 2013

More than 2,300 employees at LSU hospitals in Shreveport and Monroe can start applying for jobs with the hospitals' new operator starting Aug. 5.
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Obama to meet with House, Senate Dems to discuss reform, economy

By Josh Lederman / Associated Press | July 27, 2013

President Barack Obama plans to meet separately Wednesday with House and Senate Democrats to discuss upcoming challenges on issues like the economy and the rollout of Obama's healthcare law.
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Judge says VA can treat vets harmed by experiments

By Paul Elias / Associated Press | July 27, 2013

A federal judge in Oakland, Calif., has ruled that Cold War military veterans who say they were harmed by government-backed chemical and biological experiments aren't entitled to medical treatment outside the Department of Veterans Affairs medical system.
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Md. insurance official approves healthcare rates

By Brian Witte / Associated Press | July 26, 2013

Newly approved rates for health plans that will be sold in the individual market through Maryland's new health benefit exchange will have some of the lowest costs among the 12 states that have either proposed or approved rates, the state's insurance commissioner said Friday.
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