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HEALTH CARE- Companies would no longer be able to use genetic information like a person's predisposition for breast cancer, sickle cell or diabetes to make insurance or job decisions under a bill passed by Congress on Thursday.
- Republican John McCain and Democrats Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama are laboring with understandable vigor to contrast Republican solutions to the ailments of the American health system with Democratic ones. The differences are sharp.
- An expansive health care overhaul backed by more than a dozen senators of both parties got a major lift on Thursday, when congressional auditors said that the plan would eventually produce budget surpluses if it became law.
- Fifty-five percent of U.S. health-plan members don't fully understand "critical details" of their insurance coverage, including prescription benefits, how to find the right doctor and appeal-coverage denials. MEDICARE- Medicare is lurching toward disaster and it is too late for the Bush Administration and Congress to do anything about it, U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Michael Leavitt said on Tuesday.
- Health insurer Humana Inc. reported a 12.5 percent rise in its first-quarter profit Monday as growth in its Medicare Advantage and commercial businesses more than offset an expected decline in its stand-alone Medicare prescription drug plans. POLITICS- Michigan Democrats working to get the state's delegates seated at the Democratic National Convention suggested splitting them 69-59 between presidential candidates Hillary Rodham Clinton and Barack Obama.
- Only 27% of voters have positive views of the Republican Party, according to the latest Wall Street Journal/NBC News poll, the lowest level for either party in the survey's nearly two-decade history.
- Democrats aren’t losing much sleep over their open seats this cycle. But 2010 may be a whole different story.
- Though Senator John McCain has promised to not raise taxes, his campaign acknowledged Wednesday that the health plan he outlined this week would have the effect of increasing tax payments for some workers, primarily those with high incomes and expensive health plans.
RETIREES - The number of Americans with 401(k)-style retirement plans has grown to about 50 million. But how many of those people know how much they're paying their providers in administration fees?
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