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Report: 1 in 5 of US adults on behavioral meds

Seattle Post-Intelligencer: Health and Fitness  Wed, 11/16/2011 - 13:22

Report: 1 in 5 of US adults on behavioral meds The report, released Wednesday by pharmacy benefits manager Medco Health Solutions Inc., found that use of drugs for psychiatric and behavioral disorders rose 22 percent from 2001.

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Drug prices to plummet in wave of expiring patents

Seattle Post-Intelligencer: Health and Fitness  Mon, 07/25/2011 - 01:06

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Express Scripts buying Medco for $29.1B

Seattle Post-Intelligencer: Health and Fitness  Thu, 07/21/2011 - 04:24

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Medco Health 3Q profit rises 10.6 percent

Headlines from the Associated Press  Tue, 11/02/2010 - 10:21

NEW YORK (AP) -- Pharmacy benefits manager Medco Health Solutions Inc. said Tuesday it posted record earnings in the third-quarter on a rise in revenue from the addition of new clients and higher prices for prescription drugs....

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Meet the New Boss, Same as the Old Boss? - Health Care Reform to...

Health Care Renewal  Tue, 03/03/2009 - 13:14

Today we learned that President Obama has announced his new picks for Secretary of Health and Human Services and for Director of the White House Office for Health Reform.

The choice of Nancy-Ann DeParle for the latter position raises some issues. The NY Times provides some background:

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Express Scripts Settles

Health Care Renewal  Wed, 05/28/2008 - 14:28

Another day, another settlement (of charges that a big health care organization deceived patients and physicians)...

Here is the story summarized in the Wall Street Journal:

Pharmacy-benefits manager Express Scripts Inc. agreed to pay $9.5 million to settle allegations that it asked doctors to switch drugs primarily so it could get bigger rebates from pharmaceutical companies.

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