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Senate Vote on Highway Bill Could Force Bush Veto

WASHINGTON – In a rare breach with the president, Senate Republicans joined Democrats in rejecting a spending ceiling set by the White House for a six-year highway and mass transit funding bill. The Senate voted 76-22 Wednesday to defeat an attempt to rule that the $295 billion bill added to …

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Medicare to Cut Payments to Private Specialty Hospitals

The government plans to adjust Medicare (search) payments to remove some financial incentives that have led to a new trend in health care: doctor-owned hospitals that focus on treating more profitable patients. So-called specialty hospitals (search) often focus on cardiac care, orthopedics or surgery, which tend to net higher reimbursement …

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Report: Tobacco Firms Mulled Marketing Chocolate Cigarettes to Women

BOSTON – Tobacco companies did elaborate research on women to figure out how to hook them on smoking — even toying with the idea of chocolate-flavored cigarettes that would curb appetite, according to a new analysis. Researchers at Harvard University’s School of Public Health (search) said they examined more than …

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