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Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. said Wednesday its third-quarter net income fell 13 percent, and the world's largest maker of generic drugs narrowed its 2011 earnings forecast.

Our seventh annual competition features a few surprises, a lot of stalwarts and more broker votes than ever before.

The use of acronyms in the benefits administration world can lead to confusion and its important to be as clear as possible.

New projections by the state of Vermont say a public, universal health care system would cost between $8.2 billion and $9.5 billion a year roughly $13,000 to $14,000 per resident by 2020, but that sticking with the current system based on private insurers would cost even more.

The number of overdose deaths from powerful painkillers more than tripled over a decade, the government reported Tuesday a trend that a U.S. health official called an epidemic, but one that can be stopped.

It's become a regular exercise in budget brinksmanship. Medicare is again warning that doctors face draconian pay cuts on Jan. 1 unless Congress acts.