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Incoming House Energy And Commerce Committee Chair Stresses Swift Action On Health Care Overhaul (Medical News Today)

Incoming House Energy and Commerce Committee Chair Henry Waxman (D-Calif.) on Monday during a speech sponsored by the Prescription Project promised to take swift action on both energy and health care reform in the 111th Congress, CQ HealthBeat reports. "I think we need to do both at the same time," he said, adding that the economy "depends on how we resolve the health care issue.

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Prepared for health crisis? We mostly are (The Columbus Dispatch)

Ohio is more ready than most states to deal with a public-health crisis stemming from a bioterrorism attack, disease outbreak or natural disaster, a report released yesterday finds.