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US health care overhaul needn't break bank: studyReuters - USABy Julie Steenhuysen CHICAGO (Reuters) - An analysis of proposals to overhaul US health care by President-elect Barack Obama and members of Congress ...See all stories on this topic

Salmonella outbreak - US Health officials BaffledJustice News Flash - W. Palm Beach,FL,USAJusticeNewsFlash.com–Federal and state health officials continue to investigate an epidemic Salmonella outbreak. According to the Associated Press (AP), ...See all stories on this topic

Ruling removes billing headache from emergency room visitsLos Angeles Times - CA,USAHealth maintenance organizations and patient advocates hailed the decision as an important protection against gouging by hospitals and physicians. ...See all stories on this topic

Daschle Lays Out a Plan to Overhaul Health CareNew York Times - United StatesFormer Senator Tom Daschle spoke before the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions on Thursday in Washington. By ROBERT PEAR WASHINGTON ...See all stories on this topic

What Sanjay Gupta Offers a Daschle-Run Health TeamU.S. News & World Report - Washington,DC,USAAmong them are his truly outstanding health communication skills and the fact that he is already a trusted figure in many people's living rooms on all ...See all stories on this topic

High stakes in health battleBoston Globe - United States... Shield of Massachusetts over the reimbursement rate for doctors at the hospital is Exhibit B of the dysfunction of the state's health insurance system. ...See all stories on this topic

Flu Found Resistant to Main Antiviral DrugNew York Times - United StatesThe problem is not yet a public health crisis because this has been a below-average flu season so far, and because the Tamiflu-resistant strain, ...See all stories on this topic

Daschle begins the quest to overhaul health careSan Jose Mercury News - CA, USABy Robert Pear WASHINGTON — Tom Daschle formally began the incoming administration's arduous quest to overhaul the nation's health care system Thursday, ...See all stories on this topic

Health Officials Still Investigating Salmonella OutbreakKTVN - Reno,NV,USAHealth officials are still investigating another salmonella outbreak that has spread into Nevada and 41 other states. Almost 400 Americans have gotten sick ...See all stories on this topic

New York TimesEarly Caesareans Pose Risks to NewbornsNew York Times - United StatesThe study, funded by the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, was published on Thursday in The New England Journal of Medicine. ...See all stories on this topic