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Obama health reform drive gets diverse backing (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
President-elect Barack Obama's pledge to reform the U.S. health care system got an important vote of confidence on Thursday as a diverse alliance of doctors, a labor union, the drug industry and health insurers pledged to support the effort.
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Daschle: Health care flaws threaten economic security (CNN)
President-elect Barack Obama's point man on health care reform wasted wasted no time in portraying a sense of urgency on the issue at his confirmation hearing Thursday.
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Senate set to OK Daschle as health secretary (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
Former U.S. Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle pledged on Thursday to aggressively pursue healthcare reform and restore confidence in federal health agencies as he made his case to become President-elect Barack Obama's health secretary.
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Obama Plan for Government Health Insurance Draws GOP Criticism (Bloomberg via Yahoo! News)
Jan. 8 (Bloomberg) -- President-elect Barack Obama’s plan for expanding government health insurance to compete with private coverage drew fire from a leading Senate Republican during a nomination hearing for former U.S. Senator Thomas A. Daschle to run the Health and Human Services Department.
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Obama's pick to lead on health care gets hearing (AP via Yahoo! News)
Expensive, mediocre and too often unavailable. That about sums up the nation's health care system, former Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle, President-elect Barack Obama's choice to head health and human services, said Thursday.
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Health Highlights: Jan. 8, 2009 (HealthDay via Yahoo! News)
Here are some of the latest health and medical news developments, compiled by editors of HealthDay:
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Sister of Vietnam bird flu patient dies: health official (AFP via Yahoo! News)
The sister of a Vietnamese bird flu patient died in hospital last week, health officials said Thursday, while denying the virus was to blame, even though no tests were carried out before she was buried.
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Daschle Tells Senate Panel Health Care Must Be Available to All (Bloomberg via Yahoo! News)
Jan. 8 (Bloomberg) -- Former U.S. Senator Thomas A. Daschle pledged that as Barack Obama’s health secretary, he’ll make sure everyone has access to doctors and hospitals.
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Genomic Health makes shift in executive positions (AP via Yahoo! Finance)
Cancer test developer Genomic Health Inc. said Thursday that Chairman Randy Scott is giving up his post as chief executive to president Kimberly Popovits.
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La. health agency plans to tap into surplus (AP via Yahoo! Finance)
Gov. Bobby Jindal's plan to close a budget deficit would shrink state funding to Louisiana's health department by $118 million in the next six months, but the agency won't cut nearly that much from services.
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