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One new study estimates the percentage of workers at firms with 50 or fewer employees offered health insurance will rise to 86% from 60% after health-care overhaul is implemented.

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Also: Price hike for last-resort insurance in California; potential warfarin replacements line up; dialysis deal reached in Atlanta; U.S. asks judge to allow embryonic stem cell research to proceed.

The rest is here:  A.M. Vitals: Genzyme Says Sanofi Needs to Cough Up More Cash

Also: campaign donations by health insurers; Roche doesn’t get an accelerated review of new breast-cancer drug; Obama administration touts Medicare anti-fraud efforts.

See the rest here: A.M. Vitals: Latest J&J Recall Involves Two DePuy Hip Implants

Also: experimental melanoma drug results; California insurance news; radiation at Walter Reed.

Here is the original post:  A.M. Vitals: Judge Won’t Nix Generic Version of Sanofi’s Lovenox

Also: study quantifies radiation from nuclear imaging tests; Genzyme and Sanofi talk price; routine care coverage for clinical trial participants.

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Also: Hepatitis E vaccine study; new self-referral rule for medical imaging; NAIC and HHS on medical-loss ratio.

Original post:  A.M. Vitals: Federal Medical Privacy Rules Go Back for Do-Over

Strategies employers use to keep a lid on costs include cost-sharing, consumer-directed health plans and wellness programs.

Read the original post: Big Employers Estimate Health-Care Costs Will Rise 8.9% in 2011

Also: Insurance commissioners wrestle with definitions; Wisconsin wants to expand a program providing free birth control; teens’ hearing has worsened over the years.

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Researchers say only 4.1% of Mass. residents were uninsured in 2008, the lowest of all states. But who’s included in that 4.1%?

The rest is here:  Who in Massachusetts Doesn’t Have Health Insurance?

In addition to J&J’s bonds: regulators struggle with limited-benefit plans; FDA warns on GSK drug; a weight-loss drug trial.

Continued here: A.M. Vitals: J&J Sets Record With Corporate Bond Rates