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State budget impasse hurts Inland health care firms (The Press-Enterprise)
Hundreds of Inland entrepreneurs who heavily rely on Medi-Cal patients to sustain their health care businesses have taken out loans, stopped paying bills, and turned away customers as they wait for a state budget.
Health Highlights: Sept. 12, 2008 (HealthDay via Yahoo! News)
Here are some of the latest health and medical news developments, compiled by editors of healthDay:
Cardinal Health spent $230K lobbying gov't in 2Q (AP via Yahoo! Finance)
Medical products supplier Cardinal Health Inc. spent $230,000 lobbying Congress in the second quarter, according to a recent disclosure form.
Coleman, Franken outline health care plans (Pioneer Press)
Republican Sen. Norm Coleman and Democratic Senate candidate Al Franken both talked health care Friday.
Health Net to pay $3.6 million in fine: report (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
Health Net Inc has agreed with the California Department of Insurance to pay $3.6 million in penalties and about $14 million in reimbursements for medical charges, The Los Angeles Times reported.
Prince praises new health centre (BBC News)
Prince Charles says an integrated health centre in Devon should be a blueprint for others.
Final Glance: Health Care Equipment companies (AP via Yahoo! Finance)
Shares of some top health care equipment companies were mixed at the close of trading: Baxter fell $.12 or .2 percent, to $68.34.
UPI NewsTrack Health and Science News (UPI)
China recalls formula after infant death ... FDA warns against Chinese infant formula ... CDC: Blacks, gays most at risk for HIV ...Beach sand dirtier than the water ... Health/Science news from UPI.
Health groups pushing for tax hike on cigarettes (The Salt Lake Tribune)
Posted: 9:24 PM- Fifteen Utah health organizations will propose the nation's largest-ever cigarette tax increase next week, seeking to raise the state tax to $2 per pack and potentially generating nearly $50 million or more for health programs.
China blames milk suppliers in baby health scare (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
China has questioned 78 people in a health scare involving tainted baby milk formula linked to the death of one infant and the development of kidney stones in dozens of others across the country, state media said on Friday.
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