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Healthcare squabble in dollars and sense.Republicans consider the US healthcare reform bill passed last year as ajob killer. But a new Congressional Budget Office report saysrepealing the health legislationwould add $230 billion to federal budget deficits over the next decade.
“C.B.O. can only provide a score based on the assumptions that are given to them,” House Speaker John A. Boehner said. “And if you go back and look at the health care bill and the assumptions that were given to them, you see all of the double-counting that went on.”
A national doctor’s license?“Since we may have gone to a medical school inanystate, or even in other countries, and since the examinations we take to obtain our licenses have become fundamentally national exams,why is there state by state licensing forus?”
Alzheimer’s blood test.Researchers foundtwo antibodies which identified Alzheimer’s sufferersin a small-sample study.
Hospital high rollers.Non-profit hospital executives in the Pacific Northwest are scrutinized for high pay and plush perks, including having theircountry club dues paidfor.
Dealflow and more.Cancer antibody developerSymphogen received $130 million;cancer therapeutics companyPro-Pharmceuticals closed on $2.1 million; Place Capital haspurchased National Surgical Hospitals; Echo Therapeuticsraised $5.5 million; andAlzheimer’s disease detectioncompany Neuroptix raised $4.6 million.