Saturday, February 23rd, 2008
Some states looking to reduce the number of uninsured residents have passed laws that allow young adults to stay on their parents' coverage longer, the AP/Houston Chronicle reports. Nearly all states, when regulating insurance plans for small- and medium-sized companies, set a maximum age for coverage of dependent children -- ...
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Friday, February 22nd, 2008
The Wall Street Journal on Wednesday examined House Energy and Commerce Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Chair Bark Stupak's (D-Mich.) efforts to increase FDA oversight and improve the safety of prescription drugs. According to the Journal, Stupak is "at the center of an aggressive effort by congressional Democrats to spotlight what ...
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Thursday, February 21st, 2008
The Bush administration on Friday issued a legislative proposal that would increase Medicare prescription drug benefit premiums for higher-income beneficiaries, cap noneconomic damages in medical malpractice lawsuits and require health care providers to implement electronic health records, The Hill reports.
The administration issued the proposal as required by the "trigger" provision ...
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Tuesday, July 10th, 2007
According to the Durex World Sex Survey - globally we are having sex:
* 103 times per year, or
* 1.98 times per week, or
* 0.28 times per day, or
* 0.012 times an hour, or
...
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