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Teenager puts focus on helping others
Chevy Chase resident Anne Coventry, a rising senior at Georgetown Day School, is collecting cameras for Washington, D.C. photographer Rebecca Drobis as part of a project that will teach photography to children on the Blackfeet reservation near Glacier National Park in Montana.
Health Stocks Climb As Senators Cut Bill CostsLoading...
June 25, 2009 Thursday 4:44 PM EST SECTION: NEWS & COMMENTARY; Economy and Politics LENGTH: 433 words HEADLINE: Health stocks climb as senators cut bill costs BYLINE: Robert Schroeder, MarketWatch mailto:rschroeder@marketwatch.com . Robert Schroeder is a reporter for MarketWatch in Washington.
Healthcare Leads Stock Gains On Reform-bill Report
Healthcare stocks moved into the lead as biggest gainers on the S&P 500 Thursday afternoon after media reports said Senate negotiators had cut the price-tag of a health-care reform bill, bringing it in line with a target of $1 trillion over 10 years.
Price of health-care bill goes down: key senator
Health-care stocks surged Thursday after Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus said U.S. senators reached an agreement to slash the price tag of a sweeping reform bill to below $1 trillion over 10 years.
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Market Winners & Losers: J.M. Smucker, SanDisk
Try as they might, the major indices failed to end Thursdaya TMs trading session with an across-the-board victory.
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Two Florida farms have decided to participate in a deal to increase the wages of the state's tomato pickers in an agreement with a farmworker advocacy group and upscale Whole Foods Market, the grocery chain announced Thursday.
US Magellan inks deal to buy First Health Services for USD110m
US Magellan Health Services said on 5 June 2009 it has signed a final agreement to buy First Health Services Corporation, a subsidiary of local Coventry Health Care , for USD110m in cash.
Dividend.com: Morning Playbook
Today's trading session will be dominated by the street's reaction to this morning's jobs report.
Coventry sells fee-based Medicaid unit First Health to Magellan for $110 million in cash
Health insurer Coventry Health Care Inc. says it will sell its fee-based Medicaid service business to Magellan Health Services Inc.
Analysts' Upgrades, Downgrades: Yahoo
Price target increased to $37 from $21. CB Richard Ellis upgraded at Goldman Sachs to Neutral from Sell based on valuation.
Oakland executive killed in Utah plane crash
A health care executive with an Oakland-based organization was one of two people were killed in a plane crash in eastern Garfield County in Utah on Friday morning.
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PEIA ready to a revisita last weeka s decisions
A meeting will be held June 4 in Charleston to reconsider two changes that will affect the insurance policies of public employee retirees.
W.Va. PEIA to end retiree subsidies for new hires
West Virginia's health care program for public employees has decided to end subsidies for retirees, starting next year with all new hires, and was promptly told to expect a lawsuit.
Thousands of retired state workers will return to the health care benefit levels they had two years ago if the state PEIA cannot find another provider for the Medicare Advantage plan by January.
WV Peia To Discuss Future Of Retiree Benefits
Officials responsible for the health benefits of more than 35,000 West Virginia state retirees have some decisions to make.
Private Cos Help Reform Healthcare
Posted Tue May 12, 11:03 am ET Posted By: Chris Kallos Highlights include WellPoint, Inc.
Federal changes mean new course for W.Va. retiree care
West Virginia must find a new way to provide health care to some 35,000 retired public employees.