document.write("Health mandate to include birth control
The Obama administration recently ruled that health insurance plans must include contraception among the preventive services available to women without deductibles or co-pays under the new health-care law [“Contraception mandate outrages religious groups,” Health, seattletimes.com, Feb. 3].
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document.write("Health Care Payers Push Back Against Costs
The opacity surrounding prices and the practice of charging different buyers different prices for identical goods or services contribute mightily to the cost of health care, but at the least the former may be on the way out, an economist writes.
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document.write("Health Highlights: Feb. 3, 2012
Here are some of the latest health and medical news developments, compiled by the editors of HealthDay:
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