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		<title><![CDATA[Walmart Keeps Pushing Healthcare Initiatives, No Matter What Retail Thinks]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[When it takes on an issue, Walmart does so in a fully realized manner and inevitably incorporates it into retail operations, so itâ€™s not surprising that the company brought up the healthcare debate currently centered on the United States Congress in announcing an expansion of its low-cost prescription drug programs....]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Sep 2009 17:41:49 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Statement by Joseph A. Califano, Jr., Chairman and President, The National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse at Columbia University and Former U.S. Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare, on the Death of Heath Ledger of an Accidental Overdose of]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_pwwi/is_200802/ai_n21224018]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[The following is a statement by Joseph A. Califano, Jr., Chairman and President of The National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse at Columbia University: "The tragic death of Heath Ledger as a result of the abuse of controlled prescription drugs is sadly a story too familiar to many American...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Feb 2008 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Estimate My Medicare Prescription Drug Savings]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Estimate your medicare prescription drug savings enter using this tool. Your annual drug costs in the box below and click the "submit" button to see approximately how much you'd pay when medicare's prescription drug benefits take effect. ]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Jan 2008 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Five new prescription drugs are nearing approval from the FDA.(HEALTH)]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb5942/is_200705/ai_n24008488]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Five new prescription drugs are nearing approval from the FDA. All  are potential blockbusters, helping drug firms replace profits lost  because of expired patents on Zocor, Ambien and other popular drugs.    Five new prescription drugs are nearing approval from the FDA. All  are potential...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 May 2007 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Free prescription drugs boost usage, cut costs; Program targeting chronic conditions improves health.(News)]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb5252/is_200703/ai_n20161649]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Byline: JOANNE WOJCIK    WASHINGTON-A major U.S. hospitality industry employer has found  that giving free prescription drugs to certain employees who have  chronic but manageable health conditions can save money as well as  improve health care outcomes  Byline: JOANNE WOJCIK    WASHINGTON-A...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Mar 2007 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[In brief.(News)(appointments)]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb5252/is_200701/ai_n20165760]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[U.S. cat losses total $8.8 billion in 2006    Catastrophes caused an estimated $8.8 billion in U.S. insured  property damage in 2006, the Insurance Services Office Inc.'s  Property Claim Services reported. PCS said 33 U.S. catastrophes-which it  defines  U.S. cat losses total $8.8 billion...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Jan 2007 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Soaring Rx Prices Have Voters Concerned; AARP Studies Drive Home Need for Rx Affordability Laws]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb5554/is_200609/ai_n21878548]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[ALBANY, N.Y., Sept. 20 /U.S. Newswire/ -- For the majority of baby boomers and older Americans, paying for prescription drugs is a problem and they plan on taking that message to the polls this November. Coinciding with the release of the AARP Rx WatchdogALBANY, N.Y., Sept. 20 /U.S. Newswire/ --...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Sep 2006 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Rx reimportation falls out of favor; Canadian drugs no longer seen as panacea for cost problems.(Medicare Part D prescription drug )]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Byline: GLORIA GONZALEZ    As recently as a year ago, the reimportation of prescription drugs  from Canada and other countries was being hailed as an effective way to  circumvent the high cost of medications in the United States.    Not anymore.   ...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Sep 2006 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Drug benefit plans allowing HSA users access to discounts on prescriptions.(health saving accounts)]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb5252/is_200608/ai_n20165340]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Byline: GLORIA GONZALEZ    Insurers and prescription benefit managers are developing pharmacy  benefit plans designed to help members of consumer-driven health care  plans better manage their prescription drug costs.    CDHP members are being allowed to  Byline: GLORIA GONZALEZ    Insurers...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Aug 2006 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[To regulate new drug ads, combine oversight with education.(Opinion)]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Byline: Tony Zook    Tony Zook is president and CEO of AstraZeneca L.P. U.S.    The American Medical Assn. AMA house of delegates' recent  call for more patient-focused regulation of prescription drug  advertising has an unlikely ally: a major pharmac  Byline: Tony Zook...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 31 Jul 2006 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Public Interest Groups Urge Congress to Extend Medicare Part D Enrollment Deadline]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb5554/is_200604/ai_n21873828]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON, April 19 /U.S. Newswire/ -- With millions of Americans set to miss the May 15 cut-off date to sign up for Medicare's complicated new prescription drug program, dozens of organizations representing millions of members are calling on Congress toWASHINGTON, April 19 /U.S. Newswire/ -- With millions of Americans set...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Apr 2006 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[WYETH SETS UP ITS GLOBALLY FIRST CLINICAL RESEARCH CENTER]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb5561/is_200603/ai_n22697144]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[According to fdi.gov.cn: Wyeth, which enjoys great fame in China for its milk powder, is trying to shift its priority to prescription drugs. Yesterday, Early Clinical Drug Research Center came into being in Beijing, a cooperative product of Wyeth and PekiAccording to fdi.gov.cn: Wyeth, which enjoys great fame in China...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 26 Mar 2006 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[CHINA: WYETH SETS UP ITS GLOBALLY FIRST CLINICAL RESEARCH CENTER.]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb6465/is_200603/ai_n25723567]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[According to fdi.gov.cn: Wyeth, which enjoys great fame in China  for its milk powder, is trying to shift its priority to prescription  drugs. Yesterday, Early Clinical Drug Research Center came into being in  Beijing, a cooperative product of Wyeth and  According to fdi.gov.cn: Wyeth, which enjoys...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 26 Mar 2006 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[AARP Continues National Assault on High Drug Prices; New Study Finds Continued Increases in Prescription Drug Prices]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb5554/is_200511/ai_n21860969]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON, Nov. 2 /U.S. Newswire/ -- A new prescription drug price report issued by the AARP today found that the manufacturer prices for brand name prescription drugs continue to rise at an average rate that greatly outpaces general inflation. AARP statWASHINGTON, Nov. 2 /U.S. Newswire/ -- A new prescription drug...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Nov 2005 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Slow going for Rx drugs.(prescription drugs)(Brief Article)]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb4842/is_200508/ai_n17877088]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[It's going to start taking longer to push new prescription  drugs through the Food and Drug Administration. The FDA won't make  formal changes to its approval process, but in the aftermath of the  successful lawsuit against Merck over ...    It's going to start taking...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Aug 2005 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Prescription Drugs: Price Trends for Frequently Used Brand and Generic Drugs From 2000 Through 2004]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://jobfunctions.bnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=149353]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Prescription drug spending has been the fastest growing segment of national health expenditures. As the federal government assumes greater financial responsibility for prescription drug expenditures with the introduction of Medicare part D, federal policymakers are increasingly concerned about prescription drug prices. The report examines the change in retail prices and...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Aug 2005 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[States' Control of Prescription Drug Spending: A Heterogeneous Approach]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://jobfunctions.bnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=153271]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[In an effort to balance Medicaid budgets, states use prescription drug cost containment tools in unique ways and in varying combinations. The paper reports on the variability in state-level strategies to control the cost of prescription drugs and describes broad state-to-state differences in per beneficiary spending on drugs. This heterogeneity...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Aug 2005 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Our Money and Our Lives: Medications and Health Policy]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://jobfunctions.bnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=153899]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[With annual spending for prescription drugs escalating dramatically and with the percentage of elderly people also increasing, this paper provides a useful guide to the complexities of prescription drug development, testing, approval, coverage, and surveillance which is well timed. It brings considerable skills of the clinician and epidemiological researcher to...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Aug 2005 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Medicaid Cost Containment and Access to Prescription Drugs]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://jobfunctions.bnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=153808]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[States have been intensifying their efforts to control rising prescription drug costs in their Medicaid programs. This study examines the effects of five Medicaid cost containment policies on enrollees' perceptions of their ability to get prescription drugs. The results show that enrollees in states that have implemented all or almost...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jun 2005 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[AARP Pushes for Rx Affordability Legislation at 'Day of Action' at Capital]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb5554/is_200505/ai_n21852245]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[ALBANY, N.Y., May 25 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Today, with only 15 days left to pass legislation, hundreds of AARP members flooded the Capitol urging their legislators to pass bills helping them with the high cost of prescription drugs.  The AARP members heard fALBANY, N.Y., May 25 /U.S. Newswire/ --...]]></description>
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