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Mercer analyzed data from its annual survey of employer health plans and found that only 38% of retailers don’t have potential problems under three requirements of the new law.

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In about 10% of cases the source of the bleeding isn’t immediately apparent, usually because it’s a small aneurysm that’s hidden by some clotting, or it’s a normal blood vessel that bursts.

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Under health-care overhaul legislation, failure to buy the mandated insurance coverage means penalties, and now we have an official estimate of how many people might be affected. The Congressional Budget Office is projecting that about 4 million people will get dinged in 2016, according to the Associated Press.

Global pharmaceutical sales are expected to grow by an average of 5% to 8% annually over the next five years, with drugs to treat cancer, diabetes, multiple sclerosis and HIV projected to outpace the market, according to IMS Health. The market research firm is sticking to its projection of 4% to 6% growth this year.

And the race is on! The health overhaul has created a new source of customers for insurers, and as the WSJ reports, one of the biggest new markets is the 16 million people who will be newly eligible for state Medicaid coverage.

The controversy over gene patents is not going away anytime soon. As the WSJ reports, a Duke University study concludes that exclusive licensing of gene-based diagnostic tests can keep patients from benefiting from genetic discoveries and often leads to legal wrangling.

The school lunch program may be substantially revamped for the first time in 40 years. The Senate Agriculture Committee voted unanimously yesterday for a $4.5 billion increase for child nutrition programs, according to USA Today.

Student loans appear to be a health overhaul headache: the reconciliation bill is going back to the House for a vote, thanks to Senate Republicans who found two provisions in the document — including one related to student loans — that violate its rules and can’t be included in the final bill.

President Obama describes how American families will have more control over their health-care this year, after health reform passes.

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Hard to believe, but it was just weeks ago that everybody was busy hashing out the last-minute nitty gritty of what the Dems’ final health-care bill would look like.

Now, in a 59-41 world, President Obama’s call for a televised bipartisan discussion of health care — a proposal that’s reasonable enough, but pretty dull and process-y — passes for big news on the health-care overhaul front.