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Zimbabwe health service in 'state of collapse,' doctors say
Zimbabwe's health system, once the envy of many African nations, is "in a state of collapse" -- with many hospitals either completely shut down or unable to admit new patients, a leading doctors' group said Thursday.
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Daschle to take health post, another familiar face
Barack Obama is enlisting former Senate leader Tom Daschle as his health secretary, embracing a third Washington insider in the early stages of Cabinet-building by the president-elect who promised change. Hillary Rodham Clinton, the capital's most famous woman for two decades, seemed ever more likely to be his secretary of state.
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Health Insurers, With a Big Condition, Offer to Accept All Applicants
The health insurance industry said it would support a plan requiring insurers to accept all customers, but asked that Congress require all Americans to have coverage in return.
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Big Pharma seeks to shape U.S. health plan
Major drug makers want their voices heard as U.S. Democrats, traditionally critics of the industry, start crafting plans to expand health insurance coverage and cut the escalating costs of care.
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Daschle Could Be a Boost to Obama's Health-Care Agenda
As Obama's reported pick for Secretary of Health and Human Services, the former South Dakota Senator returns to an issue that has long been his passion
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Insurers make pitch for health coverage mandate
The health insurance industry said Wednesday it will support a national health care overhaul that requires them to accept all customers, regardless of pre-existing medical conditions — but in return it wants lawmakers to mandate that everyone buy coverage.
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Obama Picks Daschle as Next Health Secretary
Transition team sources say former Democratic Senate leader from South Dakota is president-elect's choice to head Health and Human Services.
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Daschle to oversee Obama's health transition team
An official with President-elect Barack Obama's transition team says former Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle will oversee Obama's health policy working group.
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