Deal means billions more for health care
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OTTAWA - In a ceremony held in the National Conference Centre just after midnight, the prime minister and the premiers have formally signed a 10-year agreement aimed at rescuing the country&#39;s health-care system.
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Lawmakers in a key Senate committee brokered a bipartisan agreement Friday that they said would extend health insurance to an additional 3.3 million low-income children in the U.S.
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Most Americans have gotten sizable life-extending bang for their medical bucks over recent decades, according to a study of health care value.
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There's no better time than now to consider funds focused on the health-care industry.
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The health insurer expects the proposed $408M acquisition to boost its offerings of Medicare plans. CHICAGO  - Health insurer Humana Inc.
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The cost of providing health care to employees has risen 11.2 per cent this year, according to the results of an authoritative national survey.
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Anthem Inc. (ATH.N: Quote, Profile, Research) and WellPoint Health Networks Inc. (WLP.N: Quote, Profile, Research) on Tuesday sealed their $16.5 billion merger, creating the biggest health
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National health spending soared above $2 trillion for the first time in 2006 and has nearly doubled in the last decade.
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Officials agreed to send $14 billion in federal money over six years to the 13 provinces and territories that administer health care.
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A new Emory University study found that 15 medical conditions led to about half of the $200 billion rise in US health spending from 1987 to 2000.
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Health care costs for employers in the US will increase by and average of 11.3 percent in 2005, according to human resources services firm Hewitt Associates.
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Health care costs have risen much faster than the increases in social Security benefits, says John Kerry. He says the elderly of America will have a much better deal if he becomes President.
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The largest U.S. health insurer said higher premiums revenue helped offset a 10 percent rise in medical benefit costs.
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Anthem Inc. ATH.N and WellPoint  Health Networks Inc. WLP.N on Tuesday sealed their $16.5  billion merger, creating the biggest health insurance company  in the United States with 28 million members.
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The Canadian government is considering offering provinces more than C$9 billion ($6.9 billion) for health care over five years as long as they follow rules when spending the money, the
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UnitedHealth Group, the largest US health insurance company, has said that it will spend $300 million in cash to buy Definity Health, a smaller health technology company specializing in plans that allow consumers leeway in directing their medical spending
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WASHINGTON - The cost of treating heart and lung disease and mental disorders led the upward push in US health care spending, according to a study examining cost jumps by medical condition.