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Health Reform: The Cost of Failure
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Obama Administration to Announce Effort to Expand Health-Care Workforce
Washington Post, Sarah Kliff, 11/14/2011
The Obama administration will announce Monday as much as $1 billion in funding to hire, train and deploy health-care workers, part of the White House’s broader “We Can’t Wait” agenda to bolster the economy after President Obama’s jobs bill stalled in Congress.
Panel Urges Cholesterol Testing for Kids
Wall Street Journal, Ron Winslow and Jennifer Corbett Dooren, 11/12/2011
Government health experts recommended Friday that all children be tested for high cholesterol before they reach puberty, in an effort to get an early start in preventing cardiovascular disease.Note: Viewing this article may require a subscription.