• Medicare alters benefit formula for 2020 pharma plans.
• Physicians puzzled as to Apple CEO’s health.
• Did you know there was a plan in place to epidemiologically eradicate the measles virus by next year? Apparently, there are some speed bumps in the road.

The global plan to eradicate measles by 2010 is unlikely to come about say epidemiology experts because of high rates of infection in some parts of Europe where many children go unvaccinated.

• Blue Cross of California plans to reinstate coverage for patients it had dropped in response to investigations by the LA Times.
• An speaking of California, many healthcare workers are not screened adequately for criminal pasts.

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