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News bites: Walmart seeks to take over primary care

By Julian Pecquet - 11/09/11 08:35 AM ET

Walmart wants to lower healthcare costs by becoming "the largest provider of primary healthcare services in the nation," NPR and Kaiser Health News report.

Kaiser Health News takes a deeper look at Mitt Romney's Medicare plan.

Kansas is overhauling its Medicaid program through managed care, reports the Kansas City Star.

A U.S. district judge has appointed a mediator to quickly resolve outstanding lawsuits over GlaxoSmithKline's Avandia diabetes drug after the company agreed to pay $3 billion to resolve claims of illegal marketing, Bloomberg reports.

The American Academy of Pain Management says patients' medicine cabinets main source of opioid deaths.


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