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WSJ’s blog on health and the business of health.
Daiichi Sankyo wants a big piece of India’s biggest drug-maker.
Tokyo-based Daiichi is looking for a majority stake in Ranbaxy Laboratories and is willing to pay a 31.4% premium to get it. The ...
If you live in California, your drugstore could soon be passing your prescription information to companies that specialize in sending bulk mail.
A bill in Calif. would help companies remind patients to take their medicines–as long as they’re ...
The government often gets blamed for stifling competition, particularly in health care. Now, Medicare wants to spur consumers to think about quality when choosing a hospital.
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services is shelling out $1.9 million ...
Small and rural hospitals can have a tough time keeping patients. Many will drive an hour or two to the nearest city for all but the most basic — or most urgent — care. And the sickest patients may have to be shipped out anyway, to reach the ...
Nobody wants to wind up in the ICU. But if you find yourself in intensive care in one of New York City’s public hospitals, your chance of catching some nasty infections is way down. And you can thank some pretty simple measures for the improvement.
“It’ ...
Takeover rumors do wonders for a stock. Take a look at WellCare Health Plans, up 12.9% last week, thanks to chatter about a possible deal for the managed care company.
UnitedHealth, Aetna and Humana have been metioned as potential buyers. But is there ...
WSJ’s blog on health and the business of health.
For every percentage-point increase in unemployment, tack on another $3.4 billion in state and federal spending on health-care for low-income Americans.
Unemployed people wait in line at the ...
But the Harvard researchers behind the study warn that the most common fix bandied about by policymakers — covering the uninsured — likely wouldn’t do enough on its own to reverse the life-expectancy slide. “Even if everyone were insured, we’d still be ...
But the Harvard researchers behind the study warn that the most common fix bandied about by policymakers — covering the uninsured — likely wouldn’t do enough on its own to reverse the life-expectancy slide. “Even if everyone were insured, we’d still be ...
Roadside bombs have made brain damage a grim hallmark of modern war. A RAND study out today says 320,000 U.S. troops may have suffered brain injuries in Iraq and Afghanistan — and less than half say they were ever evaluated by a doctor.
Even where ...
