Kevin Roche – Page 944 – Healthy Skeptic

May 11 2010

Washington Post

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The debate has focused attention on Obama’s plan to rescind a federal regulation that protects workers who refuse to provide care they find objectionable

May 11 2010

Washington Post

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WellPoint CEO Angela Braly has told President Obama attacks on health insurers “must end” in order to make the new health care reform law work

May 11 2010

New York Times

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Despite the health care law’s elaborate scaffolding, attorneys general and governors from 20 states, have now joined as confident litigants in a bid to topple its central pillar.

May 11 2010

Bloomberg

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Overeating is more fattening for people who have a close relative with diabetes, a study found.

May 11 2010

Bloomberg

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Walgreen Co. will become the first U.S. retailer to sell test kits, for $30, that promise customers information about their risk for developing diseases and passing conditions to their unborn children

May 11 2010

Using Technology to Limit Medication Mistakes

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Errors in medication are far more common than might be imagined and cause serious adverse events. A NEJM article reports on efforts to use technology to limit such errors in…

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May 10 2010

USA Today

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Hospitals can slow the revolving door that shuttles heart failure patients back into bed within a month of going home by following up promptly to ensure patients get the right outpatient care, a study shows.

May 10 2010

Wall Street Journal

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Realizing that it’s difficult for employers to turn on a dime, legislators included a “grandfather” provision in the health-care overhaul law – but what qualifies as a grandfathered plan

May 10 2010

Wall Street Journal

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The new health law gives states frontline responsibility for setting up an untried system of “exchanges” – this program is highly coercive and raises a constitutional problems

May 10 2010

Washington Post

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Starting later this year, the health care law requires insurers to accept all children regardless of medical history – but the law doesn’t limit what the companies can charge

May 10 2010

Reuters

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Pharmaceutical services provider InVentiv Health Inc said it agreed to be acquired by private equity firm Thomas H. Lee Partners for about $1.1 billion.

May 10 2010

Washington Post

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The cost of treating cancer in the United States nearly doubled over the past two decades, but expensive cancer drugs may not be the main reason why, according to a surprising new study.

May 10 2010

Washington Times

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The Social Security system is so overwhelmed by applications for disability benefits that many people are waiting more than two years for their first payment

May 10 2010

Hospital Charges to the Uninsured

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The plight of the uninsured was used as one justification for reform. AHRQ has put out a report on trends in hospitalizations for the uninsured over the last ten years,…

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May 09 2010

Wall Street Journal

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A huge fight has erupted over rules issued by the Obama administration to enforce a 2008 law that requires equal insurance coverage for the treatment of mental and physical illnesses.