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...prospect of such industrial-strength combinations was only part of the merger action. In Washington the House overwhelmingly agreed to let banks open branches across state lines and sent the bill on to the Senate, where it is expected to pass within the next two weeks. The House vote overjoyed giants such as Citicorp and BankAmerica, which would finally be free to gobble up banks across the country...
...prospect of contracting a fatal illness apparently isn't enough to deter most people from engaging in unsafe sex, a new study suggests. European researchers found that, in a sample of 256 couples in which one partner was infected with the AIDS virus, 52 percent did not regularly use condoms for vaginal or anal intercourse. The study will be published tomorrow in the New England Journal of Medicine...
...uppance of Barry Diller: when his private jet landed near New York City at around 6 p.m. last Tuesday, the man who would be head of CBS had no idea that he was also coming down to earth from his latest flight of ambition. Ahead of him lay the prospect of suppers at the White House, chats with Dan Rather and interviews with world leaders. Not to mention the highest ratings of any network, record profits of $109 million in the second quarter and a chance to play an even larger role in bringing two-way television to Americans...
Faced with the prospect of being put out of business, old-fashioned fee-for- service doctors have mounted a campaign to secure their way into managed care and gain some control over it. In Texas, with support from the Texas Medical Association, doctors who were let into Aetna and Prudential managed- care networks and then dropped are suing them, arguing that they are being denied their "right" to serve their patients. In Virginia, doctors are suing a plan that fired them, citing an 11-year-old law called "any willing provider" that guarantees them the opportunity to continue serving their...
...prospect that Congress may provide something close to universal coverage is making the fight to secure patients even more intense. Even the public hospitals that have long served the poor and uninsured find that they must compete with managed-care plans. In New York State, about 275,000 Medicaid patients have joined HMOs during the past three years under a state program intended to save money by keeping them out of emergency rooms for toothaches and ear infections. In an effort to hold on to their patients, the public hospitals are waging marketing campaigns that include giving away hats...