European Plan Would Expand Health Care Access Within the Bloc (NYTimes.com via Yahoo! Finance)
European Union residents would be able to receive most health care treatment anywhere in the 27-nation bloc without prior authorization under a proposal published on Wednesday.
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Sector Wrap: UnitedHealth drags health care stocks (AP via Yahoo! Finance)
Shares of UnitedHealth Group Inc. sank to a five-year low Thursday amid weak growth prospects, and negative sentiment on the managed care sector from Goldman Sachs dragged down other health insurance stocks.
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Most Patients Happy With German Health Care (NPR)
German health benefits are very generous, and there's usually little or no wait to get elective surgery or diagnostic tests, such as MRIs. It's one of the best health care systems in the world. It's visible in little ways that most Germans take for granted.
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Opening Glance: Health care stocks (AP via Yahoo! Finance)
Shares of health insurers fell sharply Thursday morning, but other health care stocks were able to make gains. UnitedHealth Group Inc., which cut its profit forecast Wednesday, reached a 4 1/2-year low Thursday morning, and a Goldman Sachs analyst downgraded Aetna Inc. and Health Net Inc.
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Opening Glance: Health care equipment and supplies (AP via Yahoo! Finance)
Health care equipment and supply stocks mostly rose early Thursday after the Labor Department reported that the unemployment rate fell flat in June, as economists had expected, abating some concern about the job market.
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