House Panel Rejects Probe Into Medicare Dispute
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A House of Representatives panel on Thursday rejected along party lines a Democratic bid to force the Bush administration to turn over records about the estimated cost of last year&#39;s Medicare drug bill.
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FRIDAY, Sept. 29 (HealthDay News) -- While recent patient surveys have suggested that Americans of all backgrounds are getting important disease-screening tests, a new review of Medicare claims refutes that view.
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Lawmakers called for hearings to investigate the rejection of the Dendreon Corporationâs experimental prostate cancer drug.
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WASHINGTON - The House ethics committee Thursday said Majority Leader Tom DeLay acted improperly when he tried to convince Rep. Nick Smith, R-Mich., to change his vote from "no" to "yes" on a bill to provide a Medicare prescription drug benefit...
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Speaker-designate Nancy Pelosi on Tuesday rejected a bid by a lawmaker earlier ousted as a federal judge on corruption charges to head a congressional panel that helps protect America's security.
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U.S. Medicare officials are reconsidering a decision earlier this year not to pay for artificial spinal discs in the lower back for older patients, but are excluding Johnson & Johnson's Charite, an agency spokesman said Wednesday.
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Social Security Administration employees will not be asked to advocate "any specific prescription" for the program's financial woes, a White House official said.
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House Democrats on Thursday failed to override President Bush's veto of their pre-election year effort to expand a popular government health insurance program to cover 10 million children
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House Democratic leaders on Thursday sought removal of two recently appointed Republicans from the ethics committee, questioning whether their judgment would be influenced by contributions to Majority Leader Tom DeLay's legal defense fund.
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TONY EASTLEY: Labor&#39;s Health spokeswoman, Julia Gillard, is standing by the costings in Medicare Gold and says contrary to the Government&#39;s claims, the Opposition has submitted its policy to the departments of Treasury and Finance for scrutiny.
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The House of Representatives  Committee on Energy and Commerce said on Monday it did not  issue a subpoena to Chiron Corp. over certain documents and  materials relating to its Fluvirin flu vaccine.
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Federal officials flatly rejected the $12-billion-plus price tag attached Friday to the provinces&#39;s prescription for fixing Canada&#39;s health care system.
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SAN FRANCISCO (CBS.MW) -- The union representing United Airlines pilots refused Saturday to discuss reports that a federal pension agency might oppose a cost-cutting plan.
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The House ethics committee has ruled that a Democratic lawmaker exaggerated in the accusations he brought in June against the majority leader, Representative Tom DeLay.
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The U.S. Medicare agency, under fire for restricting payments for anemia drugs sold by Amgen Inc and Johnson & Johnson, said on Wednesday no new evidence has emerged to support reversing the policy.
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An ethics panel admonished U.S.  House of Representatives Majority Leader Tom DeLay on Thursday,  saying he improperly offered to endorse a lawmaker's son in  return for a vote on a Medicare prescription drug bill.
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WASHINGTON - The GOP-controlled House on Thursday refused to endorse a Senate proposal addressing the Sept. 11 commissionâs terror-fighting recommendations, pushing ahead with a bill that would increase