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FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 27, 2009
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NEWS ABOUT: cost-benefit analysis

cost-benefit analysis stories: 2 news summaries
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Over a Lifetime, Being a Gay Couple Can Cost $470K Extra

Detailed analysis takes health insurance, taxes, other benefits into account

Oct 3, 09 5:10 AM CDT
(Newser) - An exhaustive analysis of the lifetime costs a committed gay couple faces compared to those of a heterosexual marriage finds that, in the worst case, the gay couple pays out nearly $470,000 extra. The study by the New York Times assumed the couples were together until one partner died,... More »

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health insurance • income tax • Social Security • estate tax • heterosexual couples • cost-benefit analysis • same-sex couples • marriage penalty

Money or Your Life? Brits Weigh Drug Cost Vs. Benefit

With its restrictions forcing companies to lower prices, some see 'workable paradigm' for US

Dec 3, 08 11:38 AM CST
(Newser) - A British government institute that approves drugs based on cost-benefit analysis is coming under fire at home even as other countries are seeing it as a model for bringing down costs, the New York Times reports. Though the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence often balks at expensive life-prolonging... More »

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health care costs • drug companies • universal health care • prescription drugs • cancer treatment • Britain • cost-benefit analysis

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