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News bites: New challengers could be added in Supreme Court case

By Sam Baker - 01/05/12 09:13 AM ET

The National Federation of Independent Business wants to add two new plaintiffs to the Supreme Court case over healthcare reform, The Wall Street Journal reports.

John McDonough, a former healthcare aide to Sen. Edward Kennedy (D-Mass.), wants to know whether Mitt Romney would repeal 50 specific provisions of the new law.

Private insurance companies' profits are coming increasingly from government programs like Medicare, according to The Washington Post.

A new study finds that research on prescription drugs is often suppressed, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reports.


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http://thehill.com/blogs/healthwatch/legal-challenges/202479-news-bites-new-challengers-may-be-added-in-supreme-court-case
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