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States, medical groups oppose abortion rule  WASHINGTON -Illinois joined several medical associations and 12 other states in voicing opposition Wednesday to a proposed federal rule the states' attorneys general fear would open the door for hospitals and physicians to deny access to contraception.

Pharmaceutical, Healthcare & Life Sciences  United States: Medical Providers: Are Your "Red Flags" Ready To Fly By November 1, 2008?

This will hurt: Medical debt on the rise  Two studies provide further evidence of the toll that medical costs are increasingly placing on working families, even for those who have health insurance.

States, medical groups oppose abortion rule  Wed, Sep 24, 2008 10:12 a.m. Several medical associations and 13 state attorneys general voiced their opposition Wednesday to a proposed federal rule that they fear would open the door for hospitals and physicians to deny access to contraception.

Medical tourism may be a temporary boom  It seems like a fairly straightforward question: Would an uninsured patient rather pay $130,000 for a heart bypass in the United States or pay about $10,000 for the same procedure in India, where the entire medical staff has been trained in the U.S. and the hospital meets standards set by the Joint Commission International?

Sincere docs put focus on AMA insurance plan   Lewis Lazare: Before the economy went into a tailspin, health insurance was a major topic of discussion on the presidential campaign trail. But the Chicago-based American Medical Association still believes health insurance for all Americans is a matter of utmost importance as Barack Obama and John McCain vie for the presidency.

Dallas Cardiologists Explore 'Next Frontier' in Vascular-Disease Treatments   Presbyterian Hospital of Dallas is one of only a handful of medical centers in the United States -- and the only Texas facility -- to broadcast live interventional cases to the prestigious Vascular InterVentional Advances conference, held this week in Las Vegas, Nev.

Studies Show Strain of Medical Bills  As Washington debates the best way to avert an economic meltdown, increasing numbers of Americans are struggling with another financial crisis: the growing burden of unpaid medical bills.

Health insurance costs grow more gradually in 2008  Health insurance premiums rose a modest 5 percent this year for coverage that's getting skimpier, researchers say. The 5 percent increase was comparable to last year's uptick.

Baird lauds passage of mental-health parity bill  The U.S. Houses of Representatives has passed a bill requiring health insurance providers nationwide to cover mental health treatment on an equal basis with medical care, a concept known as...

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