> See Leavitt run! The HHS head plans to spend 100 days zipping form state to state to help them develop proposals for expanded healthcare coverage. Article [1]
> An 18-year-old Massachusetts woman who took ulcer drug misoprostol late in her pregnancy, then miscarried, now faces felony charges. Article [2]
> Texas medical license applications now take a painfully-slow 105 days to be processed, backlogged by a large jump in doctor interest after tort reform passed. Article [3]
> A St. Louis physician group running a competing health plan has dropped its UnitedHealthcare contract. Article [4]
> The healthcare and medical device market in Poland is taking wing, spurred in part by the country's admission into the European Union. Release [5]
And Finally... New sneakers, anyone? A group of New York state healthcare workers have taken a 320-mile walk to protest planned hospital closures. Article [6]
Links:
[1] http://www.boston.com/business/healthcare/articles/2007/01/24/leavitt_to_crisscross_nation_ensure_affordable_health_insurance/
[2] http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2007/01/24/woman_charged_with_using_ulcer_medication_to_end_pregnancy/
[3] http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/business/4497495.html
[4] http://www.stltoday.com/stltoday/business/stories.nsf/0/6FE7821E289D85C88625726E0012875A?OpenDocument
[5] http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/070124/uktu006.html?.v=97
[6] http://www.capitalnews9.com/content/top_stories/default.asp?ArID=203453