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Published: 10/20/10

Report: Drug Company Money Affects Doctors' Prescriptions

By  Katie Drummond - AOL News
Report: Drug Company Money Affects Doctors' Prescriptions

(Oct. 20) -- Drug companies and doctors are pairing off to shell out prescription medications, with patients often paying more than they need to and even popping pills that are sometimes ill-suited to their ailments, according to a new study. There's no question that doctors in the United States engage in complex, sometimes troubling, financial relationships with pharmaceutical companies. Last year, companies shelled out more than $57 billion for doctor-targeted drug promotion. But a new analysis of 58 studies done worldwide, more than half of them in the U.S, concludes that the ties aren't ...

Published: 12/17/09

What Health Care Reform Might Mean for You

By  Andrea Stone - AOL News
What Health Care Reform Might Mean for You

WASHINGTON (Dec. 17) – Being naughty or nice has nothing to do with it. As the Senate prepares to work up to and maybe through Christmas to pass a health care bill, the emerging legislation is shaping up as a veritable gift list of goodies weighed down by more than a few lumps of coal. The legislation is still far from a done deal. Whatever the Senate passes, if anything, must be reconciled with a House version before it can go to President Obama for his signature. That could take as long as until Easter. Still, Santa may want to start packing his sled for: Twentysomethings: They ...

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