Aetna Prudential HMO merger eyed with Texas divestiture
The Justice Department seeks to approve Aetna's purchase of Prudential Health care business only if NYLCare in Houston and Dallas Fort Worth is sold to preserve competition. The suit aims to block the merger otherwise, arguing dominance in Houston and Dallas could depress physician reimbursements. Critics urge objections within 60 days while a Dallas court reviews the consent decree.
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Senate panel chief calls for burial of Independent Counsel act
Senate Governmental Affairs Committee Chairman Fred Thompson urged letting the Watergate era law expire. He says it is flawed for permitting an attorney general to shield a president while tying up independent counsels. Thompson backs keeping probes in Justice with input from Congress and White House.
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Israeli leader regrets delay of embassy move to Jerusalem
Israeli Ambassador Zalman Shoval expressed regret over President Clinton's use of a waiver to postpone relocating the U.S. Embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem. He thanked supporters in Congress and the American public while noting the delay on the move, which had been pledged in Clinton's 1992 campaign.
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Experts urge implant leakage warnings and doubt illnesses
A long awaited Institute of Medicine report finds silicone breast implants do not cause major illnesses but frequently leak or rupture causing pain disfigurement and repeat surgery. It urges a national informed consent form detailing high breakage rates while noting no evidence of systemic disease.
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Major findings on silicone breast implants
Institute of Medicine study finds no evidence implants toxic to humans. Women with implants not at higher risk for cancer lupus rheumatoid arthritis or immune disease. No proven link to a unique illness or infant transfer via breastfeeding. Silicone exposure higher in cow milk and infant formula than in implant milk. Implants carry breast complications such as rupture leakage scar tissue and possible mammogram interference. submuscular implants have fewer issues.
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Germany approves 18 million to 235 WWII camp survivors
The German government will pay about 18 million dollars to 235 American survivors of concentration camps, averaging 76 thousand dollars per victim depending on confinement length. Distribution follows a 1995 settlement and a later U S review prompted by Hugo Princz case. Local survivors express mixed emotions amid lingering trauma.
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Federal budget shows May deficit amid slower receipts
The May federal budget posted a 24 billion deficit as April saw a 113.5 billion surplus due to tax filers. For eight months of fiscal 1999 the surplus reached 40.7 billion, more than double last year. Clinton aides forecast 79.3 billion for 1999, with Congress estimating 111 billion. Government outlays were 122.6 billion in May, down from April and May 1998.
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