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Industry Plans National Attack on Proposed Health Care Cuts (New York Times)
Hospitals and a health care workers’ union in New York plan to mount an advertising campaign to defeat spending cuts proposed by President Bush.
Sanofi-Aventis profit down 5% on Plavix, health-care reform (Market Watch)
LONDON (MarketWatch) -- French drug maker Sanofi-Aventis on Tuesday reported a 5% profit decline, as a variety of problems, from copycat versions of blood-thinner Plavix to safety concerns over antibiotic Ketek and health-care reform in Germany, weighed on the bottom line.
Mike: U.S. health care system on sick list (New York Daily News)
WASHINGTON - Mayor Bloomberg took on the nation's ailing health care system yesterday, saying all Americans should be "embarrassed" because it is so ineffective.
Call to aid global health systems (BBC News)
The UK must do more to help support the health systems in developing countries, the former chief of the NHS says.
Health Highlights: Feb. 12, 2007 (HealthDay via Yahoo! News)
Here are some of the latest health and medical news developments, compiled by editors of HealthDay:
Councilwoman to take job at Denver Health (Rocky Mountain News)
Denver City Councilwoman Elbra Wedgeworth, who is term-limited and has kept her career plans quiet for months, is going to work at Denver Health.
Democrat health plan includes small cigarette-tax increase (Louisville Courier-Journal)
INDIANAPOLIS -- House Democrats plan to introduce a health-insurance plan tomorrow that might include a proposed cigarette-tax increase of 4.5 cents per pack.