200 million people use illegal drugs; what is the toll on health? – Los Angeles Times

January 8th, 2012 Comments off

About 200 million people around the world use illegal drugs every year, and that may be taking a toll on health and death rates in various countries, says a report released Thursday in the Lancet. Let’s start with some numbers: Globally 125 …

Insurers Profit From Health Law They Spent Millions to Fight – Bloomberg

January 8th, 2012 Comments off

Insurance companies spent millions of dollars trying to defeat the U.S. health-care overhaul, saying it would raise costs and disrupt coverage. Instead, profit margins at the companies widened to levels not seen since before the recession, a …

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Massachusetts Health Plan Extended to Immigrants – New York Times

January 8th, 2012 Comments off

BOSTON — Massachusetts cannot bar legal immigrants from a state health care program, according to a ruling issued Thursday by the state’s highest court, a decision that edges the state closer to its goal of providing near-universal health …

Insurers Profit From Health Law They Fought – Bloomberg

January 6th, 2012 Comments off

Insurance companies spent millions of dollars trying to defeat the U.S. health-care overhaul, saying it would raise costs and disrupt coverage. Instead, profit margins at the companies widened to levels not seen since before the recession, a …

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