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<title>CR: Medicare Drug Plans - Shop around</title>
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<description>Medicare has announced the new Medicare drug plan costs for 2010</description>
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<title>House reform bill helps solve health care crisis</title>
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<title>CU President to testify in Senate on health reform</title>
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<title>CU launches first TV ad for health reform</title>
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<description>CR Poll: 51 percent forced to make tough health choices in past year such as skipping doctor visits</description>
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<title>CR takes hard look at health reform TV ads </title>
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<description>Health insurers’ ad doesn’t tell full story about “pre-existing conditions</description>
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<title>Growing momentum for health reform</title>
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<title>House Dems’ health care bill: Road to reform</title>
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<description>The bill ensures that virtually every American will always have dependable, affordable, comprehensive care</description>
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<title>CU:  Hospitals need to do more to stop infections</title>
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<title>Dramatic price changes in Medicare drug plans</title>
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<description>Analysis shows many best-priced insurance plans in 2006 among worst deals today</description>
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<title>CU issues statement on Institute of Medicine report</title>
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<description>The IOM developed a list of priority topics at the request of Congress to improve the quality of health care </description>
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<title>New York report details hospital infection rates</title>
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<title>MRSA screening bill pushed in Congress</title>
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<description>CU endorses bills in Congress to screen patients for MRSA and report infection rates to public</description>
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<title>CU offers prescription for health care </title>
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<title>Report details benefits of health care reform</title>
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<description>CU joins Commonwealth Fund for D.C. event to put patients front and center in health care reform debate
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<title>Report:  Deadly medical errors still widespread</title>
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