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	<title><![CDATA[10 things that stand out from the mammography week to remember (forget?)]]></title>
	<link>http://industry.bnet.com/healthcare/news-analysis/10-stand-mammography-remember-forget/21485/</link>
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					<li><a class="source" href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheAtlanticWire/~3/GhIRuQvofN4/Politics+Beats+Science+in+Cancer+Screening+Debate-1677">The Atlantic</a> - Politics Beats Science in Cancer Screening Debate</li>
					<li><a class="source" href="http://blog.lib.umn.edu/schwitz/healthnews/2009/11/people-should-h.html">Schwitzer</a> - People should have known more about USPSTF all along</li>
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	<dc:creator>Schwitzer</dc:creator>
	<pubDate>Mon, 23 Nov 2009 06:08:52 PST</pubDate>
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	<title><![CDATA[The Senate Bill: Medicare And Much Else]]></title>
	<link>http://industry.bnet.com/healthcare/news-analysis/senate-bill-medicare/21397/</link>
	<description><![CDATA[
	Editor’s Note: In the post below, Tim Jost looks at provisions of the Senate Democratic health reform bill dealing with Medicare, Medicaid and CHIP, and many other significant topics. In earlier posts, Jost took a first look at the Senate bill, provided a detailed look at several issues...
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					<li><a class="source" href="http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/click.phdo?i=eebc8410f1abf4a7506dad78f2af023d">Washington Post</a> - Reid announces a Saturday vote on beginning debate on health bill</li>
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	<dc:creator>Health Affairs</dc:creator>
	<pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 17:36:30 PST</pubDate>
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	<title><![CDATA[The Senate Bill: Abortion And The Individual Mandate’s Constitutionality]]></title>
	<link>http://industry.bnet.com/healthcare/news-analysis/senate-bill-abortion-constitutionality/21401/</link>
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	Abortion. Early drafts of the health reform legislation attempted to ignore the issue of abortion, but in American politics, abortion is an issue that refuses to be ignored.  The problem is that current federal law only permits public funding for abortions involving rape, incest, or physical...
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					<li><a class="source" href="http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/click.phdo?i=4b6181f94f39fd5d0185ac9ec411e76a">Washington Post</a> - Senate vs. House bills</li>
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	<guid>http://industry.bnet.com/healthcare/news-analysis/senate-bill-abortion-constitutionality/21401/</guid>
	<dc:creator>Health Affairs</dc:creator>
	<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 12:56:44 PST</pubDate>
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	<title><![CDATA[The Senate Bill: Getting Into The Details]]></title>
	<link>http://industry.bnet.com/healthcare/news-analysis/senate-bill-details/21335/</link>
	<description><![CDATA[
	My first post presented a broad overview of the Senate bill, HR 3590 and a more detailed analysis of the bill’s provisions that go into effect prior to the 2014 general effective date.  This post will examine in detail four additional issues that arise under the bill’s insurance reforms. ...
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					<li><a class="source" href="http://wonkroom.thinkprogress.org/2009/11/19/senate-5year/">Wonk Room</a> - Merged Senate Bill Removes 5-Year Grace Period For Grandfathered Policies</li>
					<li><a class="source" href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/insidearm/healthcare-receivables/~3/ZhPEmITuQTQ/some-states-continue-health-care-reform-efforts-despite-budget-deficits">Inside ARM</a> - Some States Continue Health Care Reform Efforts Despite Budget Deficits</li>
					<li><a class="source" href="http://wonkroom.thinkprogress.org/2009/11/19/senate-comparison/">Wonk Room</a> - REPORT: How The Senate Bill Compares To Other Reform Legislation</li>
					<li><a class="source" href="http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/click.phdo?i=36766b72ecd1409ee33d56674004a9e0">Washington Post</a> - Senate announces $849 billion health-care bill</li>
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	<guid>http://industry.bnet.com/healthcare/news-analysis/senate-bill-details/21335/</guid>
	<dc:creator>Health Affairs</dc:creator>
	<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 11:29:56 PST</pubDate>
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	<title><![CDATA[Philip Morris ordered to pay $300m to smoker]]></title>
	<link>http://industry.bnet.com/healthcare/news-analysis/philip-morris-ordered-pay-300m/21243/</link>
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	LOS ANGELES, Nov 19 (Reuters) - A Florida jury on Thursday ordered cigarette maker Philip Morris USA to pay $300 million in damages to a 61-year-old ex-smoker named Cindy Naugle who is wheelchair-bound by emphysema. The Broward Circuit Court jury assessed $56.6 million in past and future medical...
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					<li><a class="source" href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/business/8369816.stm">BBC</a> - Ex-smoker wins $300m in damages</li>
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	<dc:creator>Financial Times</dc:creator>
	<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 18:33:47 PST</pubDate>
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	<title><![CDATA[Sony evolves to keep rivals at bay]]></title>
	<link>http://industry.bnet.com/healthcare/news-analysis/sony-evolves-rivals-bay/21218/</link>
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	Sony will create "evolving TVs" and other devices that can download and run third-party applications as part of its strategy to stand out from competitors. Sony devices will be able to download applications, video and music via a new Sony Online Service (SOS), which will use the existing server...
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					<li><a class="source" href="http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/96dbeeba-d574-11de-81ee-00144feabdc0.html?o=%2Frss%2Fcompanies%2Fhealth">Financial Times</a> - Sony to tap network to offer TV apps</li>
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	<dc:creator>Financial Times</dc:creator>
	<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 18:00:00 PST</pubDate>
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	<title><![CDATA[Why not lower the recommended mammogram age to 30? or 20?]]></title>
	<link>http://industry.bnet.com/healthcare/news-analysis/recommended-mammogram-age-30-20/21184/</link>
	<description><![CDATA[
	The controversy over the recent mammogram screening recommendation from the United States Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) is quite interesting. The pieces of the recommendations that have generated the most controversy are as follows: The USPSTF recommends against routine screening...
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					<li><a class="source" href="http://www.forbes.com/2009/11/19/mammogram-guidelines-cancer-business-healthcare-obamacare.html?feed=rss_business">Forbes</a> - Mammogram Debate Shows Why Reform Will Fail</li>
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	<guid>http://industry.bnet.com/healthcare/news-analysis/recommended-mammogram-age-30-20/21184/</guid>
	<dc:creator>Health Business Blog</dc:creator>
	<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 16:35:41 PST</pubDate>
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	<title><![CDATA[My Gene Profile: the lamest genetic testing scam on the internet?]]></title>
	<link>http://industry.bnet.com/healthcare/news-analysis/gene-profile-lamest-genetic-testing/21194/</link>
	<description><![CDATA[
	Pharyngula , via a reader, points me to  the most aggressively bad attempt at a genetic testing product I have ever encountered , coupled with a truly horrific attitude to parenting. The tag line alone is hilariously inept: "Our Technology Spawned from Human Genome Project led by US Scientists....
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					<li><a class="source" href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ScienceblogsChannelMedicineHealth/~3/BGx-la-SDdc/my_gene_profile_the_lamest_gen.php">ScienceBlogs</a> - My Gene Profile: the lamest genetic testing scam on the internet? [Genetic Future]</li>
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	<guid>http://industry.bnet.com/healthcare/news-analysis/gene-profile-lamest-genetic-testing/21194/</guid>
	<dc:creator>Genetic Future</dc:creator>
	<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 16:00:00 PST</pubDate>
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	<title><![CDATA[The Senate Health Reform Bill: A First Look]]></title>
	<link>http://industry.bnet.com/healthcare/news-analysis/senate-health-reform-bill/21189/</link>
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	As readers of Health Affairs are undoubtedly already aware, the Senate Democratic leadership has released HR 3590, the 2,074-page Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.  The bill combines the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee bill marked up this summer and the...
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					<li><a class="source" href="http://wonkroom.thinkprogress.org/2009/11/18/cbo-senate-bill/">Wonk Room</a> - The Details Of The New Merged Senate Bill</li>
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	<guid>http://industry.bnet.com/healthcare/news-analysis/senate-health-reform-bill/21189/</guid>
	<dc:creator>Health Affairs</dc:creator>
	<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 16:12:37 PST</pubDate>
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	<title><![CDATA[So Much for Comparative Effectiveness]]></title>
	<link>http://industry.bnet.com/healthcare/news-analysis/comparative-effectiveness/21085/</link>
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	The Obama administration's commitment to cost control in health care can now be summed up in four words: Not on our watch.   Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius told American women yesterday that they have nothing to learn from the science that led to the U.S. Preventive...
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					<li><a class="source" href="http://blog.lib.umn.edu/schwitz/healthnews/2009/11/too-much-emotio.html">Schwitzer</a> - Too much emotion - not enough evidence - in TV's coverage of breast cancer screening</li>
					<li><a class="source" href="http://www.forbes.com/2009/11/16/mammograms-cancer-screening-business-healthcare-mammogram.html?feed=rss_business">Forbes</a> - Too Many Mammograms</li>
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	<guid>http://industry.bnet.com/healthcare/news-analysis/comparative-effectiveness/21085/</guid>
	<dc:creator>GoozNews</dc:creator>
	<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 05:38:18 PST</pubDate>
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	<title><![CDATA[PS3 users able to download films]]></title>
	<link>http://industry.bnet.com/healthcare/news-analysis/ps3-users-download-films/21031/</link>
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	Sony will allow PlayStation 3 users in Europe to download movies through their consoles from today, stepping up its battle with Microsoft over consoles. Both companies are beefing up the functions on their consoles to make them appeal to a wider audience, and in an attempt to establish them as...
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					<li><a class="source" href="http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/afae021c-d4ab-11de-a935-00144feabdc0.html?o=%2Frss%2Fcompanies%2Fhealth">Financial Times</a> - Sony to let PS3 users in Europe download films</li>
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	<guid>http://industry.bnet.com/healthcare/news-analysis/ps3-users-download-films/21031/</guid>
	<dc:creator>Financial Times</dc:creator>
	<pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 18:00:00 PST</pubDate>
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	<title><![CDATA[Property concerns prompt NHS probe]]></title>
	<link>http://industry.bnet.com/healthcare/news-analysis/property-concerns-prompt-nhs-probe/21014/</link>
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	An inquiry into how far the health service should retain control of its property when it puts services out to tender or allows mergers and takeovers is being launched by the NHS competition panel. The issue has arisen out of the takeover of mental health services in Bedfordshire by an NHS...
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					<li><a class="source" href="http://www.hsj.co.uk/news/policy/property-and-competition-to-be-investigated-following-takeover/5008626.article?referrer=RSS">Health Service Journal</a> - Property and competition to be investigated following takeover</li>
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	<guid>http://industry.bnet.com/healthcare/news-analysis/property-concerns-prompt-nhs-probe/21014/</guid>
	<dc:creator>Financial Times</dc:creator>
	<pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 15:15:33 PST</pubDate>
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	<title><![CDATA[Global wellness strategies: the U.S. is unique, but all regions' businesses disconnect strategies from priorities]]></title>
	<link>http://industry.bnet.com/healthcare/news-analysis/global-wellness-strategies-regions-businesses/20876/</link>
	<description><![CDATA[
	Employers across the world recognize the value of employee health and well-being, both to their organizations and to their individual workers.    Buck Consultants  surveyed over 1,000 organizations in 45 countries and found that, globally, health promotion that focuses on worker productivity is...
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					<li><a class="source" href="http://www.employeebenefits.co.uk/item/9676">Employee Benefits</a> - Half of employers now offer wellness strategy, says Buck</li>
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	<guid>http://industry.bnet.com/healthcare/news-analysis/global-wellness-strategies-regions-businesses/20876/</guid>
	<dc:creator>Health Populi</dc:creator>
	<pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 07:39:00 PST</pubDate>
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	<title><![CDATA[DIY ancestry inference from personal genomic data]]></title>
	<link>http://industry.bnet.com/healthcare/news-analysis/diy-ancestry-inference-personal-genomic/20868/</link>
	<description><![CDATA[
	European Genetics and Anthropology has  a neat little tutorial  that may be of interest for genetic hobbyists: it provides instructions on how to run the program  STRUCTURE  on your own genetic data generated by a personal genomics company such as  23andMe  or  deCODEme .  STRUCTURE is an...
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					<li><a class="source" href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ScienceblogsChannelMedicineHealth/~3/mVDJsTUOgAQ/diy_ancestry_inference_from_pe.php">ScienceBlogs</a> - DIY ancestry inference from personal genomic data [Genetic Future]</li>
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	<guid>http://industry.bnet.com/healthcare/news-analysis/diy-ancestry-inference-personal-genomic/20868/</guid>
	<dc:creator>Genetic Future</dc:creator>
	<pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 04:15:00 PST</pubDate>
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	<title><![CDATA[Skip Mammograms Until 50, Says U.S. Panel: First Instance of Rationing of Care by Death Panels?]]></title>
	<link>http://industry.bnet.com/healthcare/news-analysis/skip-mammograms-50-panel-instance/20764/</link>
	<description><![CDATA[
	"Most especially must I tread with care in matters of life and death.” Hippocratic Oath, Modern Version [1]  "Critical thinking always, or your patient's dead" - Victor P. Satinsky, M.D. [2]  In reading an article today about the decision by a government task force that screening mammograms are...
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					<li><a class="source" href="http://www.forbes.com/2009/11/17/mammography-breast-cancer-lifestyle-health-study-detection-doctor.html?feed=rss_news">Forbes</a> - Mammography Study: Questions Answered</li>
					<li><a class="source" href="http://www.gooznews.com/node/3172">GoozNews</a> - Mammography Under 50</li>
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	<guid>http://industry.bnet.com/healthcare/news-analysis/skip-mammograms-50-panel-instance/20764/</guid>
	<dc:creator>Health Care Renewal</dc:creator>
	<pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 12:10:00 PST</pubDate>
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	<title><![CDATA[Details on the future of the deCODEme service [Genetic Future]]]></title>
	<link>http://industry.bnet.com/healthcare/news-analysis/details-decodeme-service-genetic/20637/</link>
	<description><![CDATA[
	I was just sent this email by a deCODEme customer: As a valued subscriber to deCODEme, we wanted to write to you directly to let you know about some important developments in the company and how we believe these will underpin our ability to continue to keep you in the forefront of understanding...
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					<li><a class="source" href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/scienceblogs/geneticfuture/~3/EKOhHIkuVY8/details_on_the_future_of_the_d.php">Genetic Future</a> - Details on the future of the deCODEme service</li>
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	<guid>http://industry.bnet.com/healthcare/news-analysis/details-decodeme-service-genetic/20637/</guid>
	<dc:creator>ScienceBlogs</dc:creator>
	<pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 02:00:00 PST</pubDate>
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	<title><![CDATA[deCODE Genetics finally goes under [Genetic Future]]]></title>
	<link>http://industry.bnet.com/healthcare/news-analysis/decode-genetics-finally-genetic/20624/</link>
	<description><![CDATA[
	In a filing with the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware late on Monday, deCODE listed total assets of $69.9 million and total debt of $313.9 million, as of June 30.deCODE launched in 2000, basing its business plan on its unique access to biological samples and genealogical and...
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					<li><a class="source" href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/scienceblogs/geneticfuture/~3/H9iooeu26lE/decode_genetics_finally_goes_u.php">Genetic Future</a> - deCODE Genetics finally goes under</li>
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	<guid>http://industry.bnet.com/healthcare/news-analysis/decode-genetics-finally-genetic/20624/</guid>
	<dc:creator>ScienceBlogs</dc:creator>
	<pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 00:30:00 PST</pubDate>
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	<title><![CDATA[Vaccine for smokers draws closer as GSK agrees US biotech deal]]></title>
	<link>http://industry.bnet.com/healthcare/news-analysis/vaccine-smokers-draws-gsk-agrees/20649/</link>
	<description><![CDATA[
	Smokers may soon be able to break their habit with an injectable vaccine that prevents nicotine in tobacco entering the brain, where it creates a highly addictive sensation of pleasure. The NicVAX vaccine moved closer to the market yesterday after a deal between GlaxoSmithKline and the US biotech...
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					<li><a class="source" href="http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/f32e2cb4-d2fe-11de-af63-00144feabdc0.html?o=%2Frss%2Fcompanies%2Fhealth">Financial Times</a> - GSK's US deal advances vaccine for smokers</li>
					<li><a class="source" href="http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/4367dea2-d31b-11de-af63-00144feabdc0.html?o=%2Frss%2Fcompanies%2Fhealth">Financial Times</a> - Vaccine for smokers draws closer as Glaxo agrees US biotech deal</li>
					<li><a class="source" href="http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/fc21cde6-d31a-11de-af63-00144feabdc0.html?o=%2Frss%2Fcompanies%2Fhealth">Financial Times</a> - Glaxo-Nabi deal draws nicotine vaccine for smokers a step closer</li>
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	<guid>http://industry.bnet.com/healthcare/news-analysis/vaccine-smokers-draws-gsk-agrees/20649/</guid>
	<dc:creator>Financial Times</dc:creator>
	<pubDate>Mon, 16 Nov 2009 18:00:00 PST</pubDate>
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	<title><![CDATA[Health Reform And Abortion: The Stupak Amendment Hurts Women]]></title>
	<link>http://industry.bnet.com/healthcare/news-analysis/health-reform-abortion-stupak-amendment/20795/</link>
	<description><![CDATA[
	From the very beginning, a central tenet of health care reform was that no one would lose coverage they already have. That’s why so many women are outraged by the Stupak amendment to the health reform legislation recently passed by the House.  It goes against one of the fundamental tenets of...
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					<li><a class="source" href="http://wonkroom.thinkprogress.org/2009/11/17/stupak-gw/">Wonk Room</a> - The Far Reach Of Stupak’s Amendment, Part II</li>
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	<guid>http://industry.bnet.com/healthcare/news-analysis/health-reform-abortion-stupak-amendment/20795/</guid>
	<dc:creator>Health Affairs</dc:creator>
	<pubDate>Mon, 16 Nov 2009 11:27:51 PST</pubDate>
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	<title><![CDATA[Half of organisations to freeze pay in 2010]]></title>
	<link>http://industry.bnet.com/healthcare/news-analysis/organisations-freeze-pay-2010/20461/</link>
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	Half of UK employees will have their pay frozen in the next year, while only a small minority can expect a rise above the rate of inflation. Research by the CBI and recruitment firm Harvey Nash revealed that 47% of employers are planning to freeze pay altogether, while only 4% plan to make an...
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					<li><a class="source" href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/business/8362169.stm">BBC</a> - 'Half UK firms' plan pay freeze</li>
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	<guid>http://industry.bnet.com/healthcare/news-analysis/organisations-freeze-pay-2010/20461/</guid>
	<dc:creator>Employee Benefits</dc:creator>
	<pubDate>Mon, 16 Nov 2009 03:56:28 PST</pubDate>
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