Wal-Mart Critics Cite Health Insurance (AP via Yahoo! News)
February 28, 2006
One of Wal-Mart Stores Inc.’s most vociferous critics launched a campaign Tuesday with 17 current and former Wal-Mart workers speaking out against health insurance coverage they claim is too expensive, leaving them uninsured or on taxpayer funded programs.
Verispan: Pfizer Earns Top Honors for Medicare Part D Efforts in Long-Term Care (FinanzNachrichten)
February 28, 2006
Pfizer received the largest number of mentions for best satisfying the needs of long-term care (LTC) pharmacy providers/consultants with Medicare Part D in Verispan’s fall 2005 Nursing Home Pharmacy Provider/Consultant Promotional Audit.
Swedish authorities report bird flu
February 28, 2006
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Mass. gov’s health-care plan appears dead (UPI)
February 26, 2006
BOSTON, Feb. 26 (UPI) — Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney’s ambitious plan to extend health insurance to all state residents appears to be dead. Instead, the Boston Globe reports, state Senate President Robert Travaglini plans to introduce a stripped down version of health-care reform.
Health Care for All May Mean Changes for Many (RedNova)
February 26, 2006
By Repps Hudson, St. Louis Post-Dispatch Feb. 26–In the richest country in the history of the world, nearly 46 million Americans — more than 15 percent — get by somehow without health insurance.
