Kevin Roche – Page 1000 – Healthy Skeptic

Mar 30 2010

New York Times

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Now mental health advocates are almost giddy. The law signed by President Obama last week expands parity to a much wider pool, making it possible for millions more people to get the same coverage for substance abuse and illnesses

Mar 30 2010

New York Times

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Tucked inside the huge health reform bill signed into law last week were many surprising and little-noticed provisions that will affect consumers in ways large and small.

Mar 30 2010

Washington Times

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The Association of American Physicians and Surgeons (AAPS) became the first medical society to sue to overturn the newly enacted health care bill

Mar 30 2010

The Massachusetts Debacle

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The Massachusetts Attorney General's final report on what is driving health care cost increases in Massachusetts confirms the preliminary version's finding that most of the spending rise is due to…

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Mar 29 2010

Wall Street Journal

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It makes sense for a company that sells printers to sell the ink cartridges. Why shouldn’t the company that sells the devices that diabetics use also sell the insulin that they consume to control their disease?

Mar 29 2010

Wall Street Journal

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A three-month-old baby suffering from shortness of breath recently was checked into a small hospital in the Haitian capital. A radiologist at work in his New York office diagnosed that the child’s lungs were collapsing.

Mar 29 2010

Washington Post

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In 2006, CMS tried to limit unjustified billing in the ultra-high categories. But the effort backfired when nursing home operators found a loophole that made it easier to put residents in those categories.

Mar 29 2010

Bloomberg

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Donald M. Berwick, a Harvard University scholar and long-time critic of U.S. health care, will be thrust into the political fight over the overhaul law as President Barack Obama’s choice to run Medicare and Medicaid.

Mar 29 2010

New York Times

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Primary care physicians already are in short supply in parts of the country, and the landmark health overhaul that will bring them millions more newly insured patients in the next few years promises extra strain.

Mar 29 2010

New York Times

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The U.S. drug industry fended off price curbs and other hefty restrictions in the health care law even as it prepares for plenty of new business when an estimated 32 million uninsured Americans gain health coverage.

Mar 29 2010

BusinessWeek

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Shares of inVentiv Health Inc. continued their climb in Monday premarket trading after the company confirmed that it has been approached by a potential buyer.

Mar 29 2010

Washington Times

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As governors begin to sort through the murky details, they’re quickly realizing this albatross is worse than originally feared.

Mar 29 2010

Bloomberg

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The White House disputed arguments that the health-care legislation signed by President Barack Obama may cost jobs and increase costs to employers.

Mar 29 2010

More on Hospital Costs and Pricing

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Health Affairs publishes a study with a creative approach to understanding hospital costs, hospital pricing, Medicare payments and market power. The authors' conclusion is that profitable hospitals have higher expenses…

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Mar 27 2010

Health Care Reform Special

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To the delight of some and the dismay of many, the health "reform" bill has passed and been signed. Very few Americans, or Congresspeople, understand what is in the bill…

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