The reason on an absolute dollar basis that Medicare admin cost may be higher is because they use more services (medical services due to age and case mix severity of illness) and since a per cent of every dollar spend goes to admin service the absolute cost is higher.

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The first case of this particular food-borne illness was reported on January 28.

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And the city is closely monitoring the emergence of a new Sars-like illness after rumours, later proved unfounded, of a case in Hong Kong in February.

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The U.S. Open champion confirmed that his recent illness might be a mild case of Dengue fever, which is transmitted by mosquito bites.

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It was also investigating a case in Jiangsu province where an individual in contact with an earlier confirmed case of bird flu had developed "symptoms of illness".

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But Mr Farmer said the case was also about the issue of discrimination on the grounds of mental illness.

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One recent case: a small child in Wisconsin who suffered through more than 100 surgeries before sequencing identified the cause of his illness and allowed doctors to prescribe a bone marrow transplant as treatment.

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