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The California Public Employees’ Retirement System has appointed Ellen Badley as new chief of the Office of Health Plan Administration.

Shares of some top health care equipment companies were mixed at the close of trading: Baxter fell $.09 or .1 percent, to $69.70.

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Gov. Steve Beshear is making it easier to enroll in the Kentucky Children's Health Insurance Program, hoping to insure an additional 35,000 kids by 2010. The changes are the right thing to do, the smart thing to do and an economic necessity, Beshear said at a news conference Wednesday at Sandersville Elementary School in Lexington. "We must recognize that an inquisitive mind begins ...

Health Care REIT Inc. said Wednesday it plans to offer 6 million common shares and use proceeds to invest in additional senior housing and health care properties.