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	<title><![CDATA[The Slaughter at Fort Hood Is Not About One Individual]]></title>
	<link>http://industry.bnet.com/healthcare/news-analysis/slaughter-fort-hood/19442/</link>
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	We Have Been Driving Our Soldiers to a Breaking Point The Ft. Hood massacre is not about one soldier suddenly “snapping.”And whether Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan was a devout Muslim or not is of little importance. This tragedy calls attention to the fact that as we send young men and women into...
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					<li><a class="source" href="http://feeds.gawker.com/~r/gawker/full/~3/6jgTLKZYeaQ/the-heroic-tale-of-the-lady-civilian-who-traded-bullets-with-a-cold+blooded-killer-and-saved-a-room-full-of-men">Gawker</a> - The Heroic Tale of the Lady Civilian Who Traded Bullets with a Cold-Blooded Killer and Saved a Room Full of Men [Ladies Night]</li>
					<li><a class="source" href="http://feeds.gawker.com/~r/gawker/full/~3/5op72grDngQ/how-the-fort-hood-shoot+out-proves-ladies-should-be-allowed-in-combat-already">Gawker</a> - How the Fort Hood Shoot-Out Proves Ladies Should Be Allowed in Combat, Already [Ladies Night]</li>
					<li><a class="source" href="http://feeds.gawker.com/~r/gawker/full/~3/ygvDMQ6sLsw/fort-hood-shoot+out-proves-women-should-be-allowed-in-combat-already">Gawker</a> - Fort Hood Shoot-Out Proves Women Should Be Allowed in Combat, Already [Ladies Night]</li>
					<li><a class="source" href="http://feeds.gawker.com/~r/gawker/full/~3/2zbNSHdfnX0/ft-hood-shoot+out-proves-women-should-be-allowed-in-combat-already">Gawker</a> - Ft. Hood Shoot-Out Proves Women Should Be Allowed in Combat, Already [Ladies Night]</li>
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	<dc:creator>HealthBeat</dc:creator>
	<pubDate>Sat, 07 Nov 2009 18:20:42 PST</pubDate>
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	<title><![CDATA[America's primary health care backbone needs reinvestment and re-imagining]]></title>
	<link>http://industry.bnet.com/healthcare/news-analysis/americas-primary-health-care-backbone/19308/</link>
	<description><![CDATA[
	59% of U.S. physicians say their patients have difficulty paying for health care and medicines.   The foot soldiers of American health care are front-line primary care physicians (PCPs). Compared to their colleagues in ten other developed countries, American PCPs say their nation is far behind...
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					<li><a class="source" href="http://www.businessweek.com/blogs/money_politics/archives/2009/11/doctor_survey_u.html">BusinessWeek</a> - Doctor Survey: US Health System Lags on Access, Quality</li>
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	<guid>http://industry.bnet.com/healthcare/news-analysis/americas-primary-health-care-backbone/19308/</guid>
	<dc:creator>Health Populi</dc:creator>
	<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 08:58:00 PST</pubDate>
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	<title><![CDATA[Heath Care Reform-- Looking at the Glass Half-Full]]></title>
	<link>http://industry.bnet.com/healthcare/news-analysis/heath-care-reform-glass/18924/</link>
	<description><![CDATA[
	These days, many progressives are expressing deep disappointment with the health reform legislation now moving through Congress. Some suggest that some legislators made deals with lobbyists and let them write the bills. Others complain that both the subsidies and the penalties are too low. Still...
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					<li><a class="source" href="http://www.fiercehealthcare.com/story/cbo-middle-income-consumers-big-health-costs-under-house-reform-bill/2009-11-03?utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_source=rss&amp;cmp-id=OTC-RSS-FH0">FierceHealthcare</a> - CBO: Middle-income consumers are costly under House reform bill</li>
					<li><a class="source" href="http://wonkroom.thinkprogress.org/2009/11/03/gop-leadership-plan/">Wonk Room</a> - The Republican Leadership Health Plan: For The Healthy, While They’re Healthy</li>
					<li><a class="source" href="http://www.healthbusinessblog.com/?p=2802">Health Business Blog</a> - Podcast interview with Consumer-Purchaser Disclosure Project co-chair Peter Lee (transcript)</li>
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	<guid>http://industry.bnet.com/healthcare/news-analysis/heath-care-reform-glass/18924/</guid>
	<dc:creator>HealthBeat</dc:creator>
	<pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 07:54:45 PST</pubDate>
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	<title><![CDATA[Medical conflict of interest issues in newspapers large and small today]]></title>
	<link>http://industry.bnet.com/healthcare/news-analysis/medical-conflict-interest-issues-newspapers/18929/</link>
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					<li><a class="source" href="http://www.gooznews.com/node/3158">GoozNews</a> - Eli Lilly's Stanford Man</li>
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	<guid>http://industry.bnet.com/healthcare/news-analysis/medical-conflict-interest-issues-newspapers/18929/</guid>
	<dc:creator>Schwitzer</dc:creator>
	<pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 07:25:06 PST</pubDate>
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	<title><![CDATA[States May End Up Making All the Decisions]]></title>
	<link>http://industry.bnet.com/healthcare/news-analysis/states-making-decisions/18915/</link>
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	This is from The Washington Post: A bill approved by the Finance Committee would leave virtually every major decision to state officials…States could let low-income families shop the exchanges or offer them some other kind of coverage, such as policies already offered to state employees. Under...
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					<li><a class="source" href="http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/click.phdo?i=3eb6467799a1ef98e5b8f9f5619e8041">Washington Post</a> - States to play key role in reform</li>
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	<guid>http://industry.bnet.com/healthcare/news-analysis/states-making-decisions/18915/</guid>
	<dc:creator>Health Policy Blog</dc:creator>
	<pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 07:30:40 PST</pubDate>
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	<title><![CDATA[Novartis plans expansion of Chinese research laboratories]]></title>
	<link>http://industry.bnet.com/healthcare/news-analysis/novartis-plans-expansion-chinese-research/18834/</link>
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	Novartis yesterday revealed plans to invest $1bn to expand its Shanghai laboratories and make China the third pillar of its global research and development capabilities. Daniel Vasella, chairman, said the Swiss drugs group would build a new campus in Shanghai to house its research activities,...
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					<li><a class="source" href="http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/56e0993e-c8e3-11de-8f9d-00144feabdc0.html?o=%2Frss%2Fcompanies%2Fhealth">Financial Times</a> - Novartis to invest $1bn to expand Chinese research laboratories</li>
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	<guid>http://industry.bnet.com/healthcare/news-analysis/novartis-plans-expansion-chinese-research/18834/</guid>
	<dc:creator>Financial Times</dc:creator>
	<pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 18:00:00 PST</pubDate>
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	<title><![CDATA[ViiV chief vows joint venture will help battle HIV]]></title>
	<link>http://industry.bnet.com/healthcare/news-analysis/viiv-vows-joint-venture-battle/18873/</link>
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	The new head of the pioneering HIV joint venture between GlaxoSmithKline and Pfizer predicts his company can operate for at least five years without fresh funding from its shareholders. Dominique Limet, chief executive of ViiV Healthcare, which was formally launched yesterday, says it will...
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					<li><a class="source" href="http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/d4af5df8-c8ae-11de-8f9d-00144feabdc0.html?o=%2Frss%2Fcompanies%2Fhealth">Financial Times</a> - ViiV vows joint venture will help fight HIV</li>
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	<guid>http://industry.bnet.com/healthcare/news-analysis/viiv-vows-joint-venture-battle/18873/</guid>
	<dc:creator>Financial Times</dc:creator>
	<pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 18:00:00 PST</pubDate>
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	<title><![CDATA[Primary-care physicians leave AAFP over Coca-Cola partnership]]></title>
	<link>http://industry.bnet.com/healthcare/news-analysis/primary-care-physicians-leave-aaf/18705/</link>
	<description><![CDATA[
	It seems that the American Academy of Family Physicians is getting flack for its agreement with The Coca-Cola Co., under which the group is tasked with educating consumers on how Coke products fit into a healthy lifestyle.  Under the terms of the deal, the AAFP will receive a grant to develop...
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					<li><a class="source" href="http://blog.lib.umn.edu/schwitz/healthnews/2009/11/doc-starts-face.html">Schwitzer</a> - Doc starts Facebook petition to end Coke deal with American Academy of Family Physicians</li>
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	<guid>http://industry.bnet.com/healthcare/news-analysis/primary-care-physicians-leave-aaf/18705/</guid>
	<dc:creator>Fierce Healthcare</dc:creator>
	<pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 07:56:11 PST</pubDate>
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	<title><![CDATA[NT Govt urged to stop turning away sick patients]]></title>
	<link>http://industry.bnet.com/healthcare/news-analysis/nt-govt-urged-stop-turning/18844/</link>
	<description><![CDATA[
	Continuing the thread from the previous post, the Aboriginal Medical Services Alliance Northern Territory is warning that the NT Government’s policy of refusing dialysis treatment for patients from outside the Territory is causing enormous harm. This is the statement: AMSANT has written to the...
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					<li><a class="source" href="http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/11/04/2733116.htm">ABC</a> - States told to fund dialysis service</li>
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	<guid>http://industry.bnet.com/healthcare/news-analysis/nt-govt-urged-stop-turning/18844/</guid>
	<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
	<pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2009 23:47:46 PST</pubDate>
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	<title><![CDATA[Amgen, Aranesp, and anemia patients get the bad news]]></title>
	<link>http://industry.bnet.com/healthcare/news-analysis/amgen-aranesp-anemia-patients-news/18588/</link>
	<description><![CDATA[
	
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					<li><a class="source" href="http://www.gooznews.com/node/3156">GoozNews</a> - New Trial Bad News for Cancer Patients, and Amgen</li>
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	<guid>http://industry.bnet.com/healthcare/news-analysis/amgen-aranesp-anemia-patients-news/18588/</guid>
	<dc:creator>Schwitzer</dc:creator>
	<pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2009 14:30:38 PST</pubDate>
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	<title><![CDATA[Humana Profit Jumps, But Sees Lower 2010 Profit]]></title>
	<link>http://industry.bnet.com/healthcare/news-analysis/humana-profit-jumps-sees-2010/18488/</link>
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	NEW YORK (Reuters) - Health insurer Humana Inc (HUM) posted a 65 percent jump in third-quarter profit on Monday, helped by lower prescription drug claims and higher enrollment in Medicare plans for seniors. But the large provider of Medicare plans also projected a decline in profit in 2010....
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					<li><a class="source" href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~r/reuters/businessNews/~3/ZdesMMtXdpo/idUSTRE5A11P920091102">Reuters</a> - Humana earnings jump, but sees lower 2010 profit</li>
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	<guid>http://industry.bnet.com/healthcare/news-analysis/humana-profit-jumps-sees-2010/18488/</guid>
	<dc:creator>Reuters</dc:creator>
	<pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2009 03:45:17 PST</pubDate>
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	<title><![CDATA[The Public Option And Insurance Exchange In The House Bill]]></title>
	<link>http://industry.bnet.com/healthcare/news-analysis/public-option-insurance-exchange-house/18370/</link>
	<description><![CDATA[
	In my first post, I described the major features and basic approach of HR 3962, as well as the provisions of the bill that would go into effect more or less immediately.  This post will look more closely at some of the bill’s basic insurance reform elements.  In a final post, I will discuss...
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					<li><a class="source" href="http://healthaffairs.org/blog/2009/10/30/hr-3962-the-affordable-health-care-for-americans-act/">Health Affairs</a> - HR 3962: The Affordable Health Care for Americans Act</li>
					<li><a class="source" href="http://wonkroom.thinkprogress.org/2009/10/30/afford-analysis/">Wonk Room</a> - ANALYSIS: House Bill More Affordable Than Senate Legislation</li>
					<li><a class="source" href="http://healthaffairs.org/blog/2009/10/30/a-compromise-proposal-on-financing-health-reform/">Health Affairs</a> - A Compromise Proposal On Financing Health Reform</li>
					<li><a class="source" href="http://www.forbes.com/2009/10/29/health-care-reform-business-washington-tax.html?feed=rss_news">Forbes</a> - Health Reform By Bleeding The Rich</li>
					<li><a class="source" href="http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/click.phdo?i=c6c81f1a143c56ab91eb31ddf3f02b7f">Washington Post</a> - House Democrats announce health-care bill</li>
					<li><a class="source" href="http://www.businessweek.com/blogs/money_politics/archives/2009/10/pelosi_moves_ho.html">BusinessWeek</a> - Health Reform: Pelosi Moves to Middle</li>
					<li><a class="source" href="http://wonkroom.thinkprogress.org/2009/10/29/house-cbo/">Wonk Room</a> - CBO: Public Option To Attract Only 6 Million Enrollees & Doesn’t Offer Lower Premiums</li>
					<li><a class="source" href="http://www.theatlanticwire.com/opinions/view/opinion/7+Things+to+Watch+in+the+House+Health+Care+Bill-1435">The Atlantic</a> - 7 Things to Watch in the House Health Care Bill</li>
					<li><a class="source" href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~r/reuters/businessNews/~3/1mGx5x7xdg4/idUSTRE59R3TV20091028">Reuters</a> - Big U.S. companies balk at healthcare public option</li>
					<li><a class="source" href="http://wonkroom.thinkprogress.org/2009/10/28/abortion-derail/">Wonk Room</a> - Will Abortion Derail Health Care Reform?</li>
					<li><a class="source" href="http://wonkroom.thinkprogress.org/2009/10/28/lieberman-po-arguments/">Wonk Room</a> - Refuting Lieberman’s Cost-Shift Arguments Against The Public Option</li>
					<li><a class="source" href="http://www.healthbeatblog.com/2009/10/who-would-be-eligible-for-a-public-option-far-more-than-10-of-the-population.html">HealthBeat</a> - Who Would Be Eligible For A Public Option? Far more than â??10%â?? of the Population</li>
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	<guid>http://industry.bnet.com/healthcare/news-analysis/public-option-insurance-exchange-house/18370/</guid>
	<dc:creator>Health Affairs</dc:creator>
	<pubDate>Fri, 30 Oct 2009 14:05:12 PDT</pubDate>
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	<title><![CDATA[Lonza plunges on poor outlook]]></title>
	<link>http://industry.bnet.com/healthcare/news-analysis/lonza-plunges-poor-outlook/18227/</link>
	<description><![CDATA[
	Lonza Group , the Switzerland-based maker of drug ingredients, plummeted 25 per cent yesterday after comments from its chief executive indicated a worse- than-expected outlook for the sector. Lonza announced yesterday that operating profit would be between SFr360m-SFr380m in 2009, compared to...
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					<li><a class="source" href="http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/998e6c4e-c473-11de-912e-00144feab49a.html?o=%2Frss%2Fmarkets">Financial Times</a> - Lonza plunges 25% amid poor outlook</li>
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	<guid>http://industry.bnet.com/healthcare/news-analysis/lonza-plunges-poor-outlook/18227/</guid>
	<dc:creator>Financial Times</dc:creator>
	<pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2009 19:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
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	<title><![CDATA[House democrats introduce health reform bill with a public option]]></title>
	<link>http://industry.bnet.com/healthcare/news-analysis/house-democrats-introduce-health-reform/18182/</link>
	<description><![CDATA[
	Earlier today, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi unveiled health reform legislation that promises to expand health care to 36 million people and fortify Medicare and Medicaid. The House democrats sponsored bill calls for an expansion of Medicaid, an end to insurance companies' exemption from anti-trust...
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					<li><a class="source" href="http://www.forbes.com/2009/10/29/healthcare-reform-debate-business-washington-public-option.html?feed=rss_news">Forbes</a> - Democrats Unveil New Health Reform Plan</li>
					<li><a class="source" href="http://wonkroom.thinkprogress.org/2009/10/29/details-house/">Wonk Room</a> - House Health Bill Removes Insurer Anti-Trust Exemption, Taxes Health Industry</li>
					<li><a class="source" href="http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/click.phdo?i=82d100a6ca97d0d250f256e2e5e513da">Washington Post</a> - House health-care reform bill includes public option, Medicaid expansion</li>
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	<guid>http://industry.bnet.com/healthcare/news-analysis/house-democrats-introduce-health-reform/18182/</guid>
	<dc:creator>Fierce Healthcare</dc:creator>
	<pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2009 12:08:36 PDT</pubDate>
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	<title><![CDATA[The AHIP Report: Beneath Questionable Numbers Is A Serious Concern]]></title>
	<link>http://industry.bnet.com/healthcare/news-analysis/ahi-preport-beneath-questionable-numbers/18166/</link>
	<description><![CDATA[
	On October 12 America’s Health Insurance Plans (AHIP) released a commissioned report by Price Waterhouse Cooper (PWC), “Potential Impact of Health Reform on the Cost of Private Health Insurance Coverage.”   The study reported that health care reform as envisioned by the Senate Finance...
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					<li><a class="source" href="http://www.thehealthcareblog.com/the_health_care_blog/2009/10/senate-health-care-reform-two-huge-problems-one-giant-red-herring.html">The Health Care Blog</a> - Senate Health Care Reform: Two Huge Problems, One Giant Red Herring</li>
					<li><a class="source" href="http://wonkroom.thinkprogress.org/2009/10/26/ignagni-cost/">Wonk Room</a> - Top Insurance Lobbyist: Health Care Legislation Has ‘No Cost Containment’</li>
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	<guid>http://industry.bnet.com/healthcare/news-analysis/ahi-preport-beneath-questionable-numbers/18166/</guid>
	<dc:creator>Health Affairs</dc:creator>
	<pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2009 12:43:33 PDT</pubDate>
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	<title><![CDATA[Why AARP is Selling Out Seniors]]></title>
	<link>http://industry.bnet.com/healthcare/news-analysis/aar-pis-selling-seniors/18129/</link>
	<description><![CDATA[
	This is Dan Eggen, writing in The Washington Post: The group and its subsidiaries collected more than $650 million in royalties and other fees last year from the sale of insurance policies, credit cards and other products that carry the AARP name, accounting for the majority of its $1.14 billion...
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					<li><a class="source" href="http://www.fiercehealthcare.com/story/aarp-hot-seat-over-its-insurance-reform-lobbying/2009-10-28?utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_source=rss&amp;cmp-id=OTC-RSS-FH0">Fierce Healthcare</a> - AARP in hot seat over its insurance reform lobbying</li>
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	<guid>http://industry.bnet.com/healthcare/news-analysis/aar-pis-selling-seniors/18129/</guid>
	<dc:creator>Health Policy Blog</dc:creator>
	<pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2009 08:30:01 PDT</pubDate>
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	<title><![CDATA[HIStalk Interviews Parker Hinshaw]]></title>
	<link>http://industry.bnet.com/healthcare/news-analysis/histalk-interviews-parker-hinshaw/18016/</link>
	<description><![CDATA[
	Parker Hinshaw is CEO and co-founder of maxIT Healthcare.  What made you move from the provider side to running companies? I’m a service-oriented kind of a thinker. It always felt like one of my strengths was surrounding myself with really talented people because I need people around me that...
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					<li><a class="source" href="http://www.fiercehealthcare.com/story/hospital-ceo-weighs-u-s-healthcare-coverage-should-be-privatized/2009-10-28?utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_source=rss&amp;cmp-id=OTC-RSS-FH0">Fierce Healthcare</a> - Hospital CEO weighs in: U.S. Healthcare coverage should be privatized</li>
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	<guid>http://industry.bnet.com/healthcare/news-analysis/histalk-interviews-parker-hinshaw/18016/</guid>
	<dc:creator>HIStalk</dc:creator>
	<pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 17:55:49 PDT</pubDate>
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	<title><![CDATA[Failing to Report Adverse Effects of Treatments]]></title>
	<link>http://industry.bnet.com/healthcare/news-analysis/failing-report-adverse-effects-treatments/17982/</link>
	<description><![CDATA[
	We have frequently advocated the evidence-based medicine (EBM) approach to improve the care of individual patients, and to improve health care quality at a reasonable cost for populations. Evidence-based medicine is not just medicine based on some sort of evidence. As Dr David Sackett, and...
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					<li><a class="source" href="http://www.gooznews.com/node/3148">GoozNews</a> - Med Journal Clinical Trial Reports Ignore Risks</li>
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	<guid>http://industry.bnet.com/healthcare/news-analysis/failing-report-adverse-effects-treatments/17982/</guid>
	<dc:creator>Health Care Renewal</dc:creator>
	<pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 13:55:00 PDT</pubDate>
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	<title><![CDATA[GSK steps along desired path of evolution]]></title>
	<link>http://industry.bnet.com/healthcare/news-analysis/gsk-steps-desired-path-evolution/17969/</link>
	<description><![CDATA[
	Andrew Witty, chief executive of GlaxoSmithKline, said on Wednesday that the group’s traditional core market of prescription medicines in developed countries may fall to just a quarter of total sales. He also said that further diversification would focus more on revenue growth than profit...
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					<li><a class="source" href="http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/606d4184-c3b9-11de-a290-00144feab49a.html?o=%2Frss%2Fcompanies%2Fhealth">Financial Times</a> - Emerging markets offset US weakness at GSK</li>
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	<guid>http://industry.bnet.com/healthcare/news-analysis/gsk-steps-desired-path-evolution/17969/</guid>
	<dc:creator>Financial Times</dc:creator>
	<pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 13:43:37 PDT</pubDate>
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	<title><![CDATA[WellPoint Net Profit Falls 11 Percent]]></title>
	<link>http://industry.bnet.com/healthcare/news-analysis/wellpoint-net-profit-falls-11/17870/</link>
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	NEW YORK (Reuters) - Health insurer WellPoint Inc (WLP) posted an 11 percent decline in third-quarter net profit on Wednesday as layoffs among customers led to lower membership. Net income was $730.2 million, or $1.53 per share, compared with $820.7 million, or $1.60 per share, a year earlier....
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					<li><a class="source" href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~r/reuters/businessNews/~3/PX9pasP0zVM/idUSTRE59R1IS20091028">Reuters</a> - WellPoint net profit falls, but results beat views</li>
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	<pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 03:45:35 PDT</pubDate>
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