Kevin Roche – Page 659 – Healthy Skeptic

Feb 20 2012

Washington Post

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States strike at ‘Obamacare,’ seek to exempt insurers, employers from birth-control coverage

Feb 20 2012

Patient Perceptions and Illness

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Placebo and nocebo effects are just part of the broader topic of how patient perceptions about their health, illnesses and treatments may affect outcomes. An article in Current Directions in…

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Feb 17 2012

HealthLeaders Media

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Congress has passed a legislative package that would delay massive Medicare reimbursement cuts for physicians for 10 months. The deadline to resolve the sustainable growth rate formula issue is now postponed until the end of 2012.

Feb 17 2012

Chicago Tribune

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New GOP Medicare plan promotes private insurance, raises eligibility age, increases premiums

Feb 17 2012

Health Leaders Media

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Federal health officials on Thursday said some health plan enrollees will soon start receiving rebates amounting to about $323 million for the first year.

Feb 17 2012

Washington Post

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Next time you go to an emergency room, you should be prepared for this: If your problem isn’t urgent, you may have to pay upfront.

Feb 17 2012

Wall Street Journal

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A company has developed an experimental, implantable microchip to deliver drugs that one day may serve as a replacement for painful shots.

Feb 17 2012

Washington Post

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The impact of the Affordable Care Act in one map

Feb 17 2012

Bloomberg

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A Supreme Court decision upholding the health-care law would give Congress the power to make Americans purchase any other product, said lawyers challenging the measure.

Feb 17 2012

Kaiser Health News

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Video: Analyzing The Likely High Court Arguments On The Health Law

Feb 16 2012

New York Times

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The administration announced the compromise plan before it had figured out how to address one conspicuous point: Like most large employers, many religiously affiliated organizations choose to insure themselves rather than hire an outside company to assume the risk.

Feb 16 2012

MedPage Today

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RAND: High Cost to Getting Rid of ACA Mandate

Feb 16 2012

The Hill

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Reid will allow vote on repeal of administration’s birth control mandate

Feb 16 2012

Wall Street Journal

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Under ObamaCare, a single committee—the United States Preventative Services Task Force—is empowered to evaluate preventive health services and decide which will be covered by health-insurance plans.

Feb 16 2012

Washington Post

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New GOP Medicare plan promotes private insurance, raises eligibility age, increases premiums