Kevin Roche – Page 977 – Healthy Skeptic

Feb 24 2010

Washington Post

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Bringing more transparency to how the FEHB purchases drugs is a prime objective of legislation considered during a hearing by the House Oversight and Government Reform subcommittee

Feb 24 2010

Wall Street Journal

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This new ObamaCare plan would for the first time apply the 2.9% Medicare payroll tax to “interest, dividends, annuities, royalties and rents,” so-called passive income

Feb 24 2010

New York Times

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Nothing is stopping Mr. Obama and Congressional Democrats from adding more Republican ideas to their health plan it would yield a bill worthy of the name bipartisan

Feb 24 2010

Bloomberg

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When people today refer to their health insurer, they mean the payer of all their health-care bills – but normally insurer refers protection against large losses

Feb 24 2010

Sources of Medicare Spending Growth

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments

A Health Affairs article examines changes in the composition of Medicare spending over the last two decades, finding that chronic disease is now the primary driver of that spending and…

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Feb 23 2010

eHealthNews.eu

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Australia’s largest listed health information technology company, acquired Belgium-based health IT company UltraGenda BV for as much as $16 million

Feb 23 2010

Health IT Strategist

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A Massachusetts General Hospital patient died last month after the alarm on a heart monitor was inadvertently left off, delaying the response of nurses and doctors to the patient’s medical crisis

Feb 23 2010

Washington Times

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The CBO said it has received several requests to review Mr. Obama’s blueprint but could not do so until the White House provides more details

Feb 23 2010

Towers Watson

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Towers Watson: The still sluggish economy combined with continued above-inflation increases in health care costs is forcing employers to do even more to hold the line on costs

Feb 23 2010

Bloomberg

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Merge Healthcare Inc., the Milwaukee- based maker of medical information technology, made a $248 million bid to buy Amicas Inc., which has already agreed to be acquired by private-equity firm

Feb 23 2010

New York Times

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Childhood rates of chronic health problems, including obesity, asthma and learning disabilities, have doubled in just 12 years, a new study reports — to 1 in 4 children in 2006, up from 1 in 8 in 1994.

Feb 23 2010

New York Times

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Aggressive treatment at the end of life — frantic CPR for a brain-dead accident victim, inserting a feeding tube in a dying Alzheimer’s patient — has become a staple of the health care debate

Feb 23 2010

Wall Street Journal

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Public-health officials are scaling back official recommendations for aspirin to target a narrower group of patients who are at risk of a heart attack or stroke.

Feb 23 2010

New York Times

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Dr. Steven E. Nissen, whose study led to a Congressional inquiry, stringent safety warnings, a sharp drop in the drug’s sales, met with executives of GlaxoSmithKline to discuss Avandia

Feb 23 2010

Wall Street Journal

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Two infections that can often be prevented with tight infection control practices in hospitals, killed 48,000 patients and added $8.1 billion to heath care costs in 2006

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