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Apr 11 2012

The Hill

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

The report calls for doubling federal spending on public health.  Americans spent $8,086 per person in medical care in 2009 versus $251 in public health spending.

Apr 11 2012

Bizjournals.com

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

Medicine spending climbs to $320 billion, even as usage declines

Apr 11 2012

HealthLeaders Media

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

The very instruments that diagnose and treat us can often make us feel more like test subjects than patients receiving care.

Apr 11 2012

Fiscal Times

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

Hospital and physician groups are stepping up their efforts to control spending with a special emphasis on limiting labor costs.

Apr 11 2012

NPR.org

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

It may sound counterintuitive, but a panel of experts from the Institute of Medicine has concluded that the best way to slow the nation’s breakneck spending on medical care is to impose a tax on every health care transaction.

Apr 11 2012

PR Newswire

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

BD (Becton, Dickinson and Company) a leading global medical technology company, announced today that it has signed a definitive agreement to sell its BD Biosciences – Discovery Labware unit, excluding its Advanced Bioprocessing platform, to Corning Incorporated

Apr 10 2012

New York Times

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

For the Elderly, Emergency Rooms of Their Own

Apr 10 2012

PE Hub

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

Genstar Capital, a middle-market private equity firm, is paying $8.00 per share in cash to buy eResearchTechnology Inc., a provider of health outcomes research services to biopharmaceutical sponsors and contract research organizations

Apr 10 2012

Bloomberg

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

Medicaid Insurers Plunge as Ohio Dumps Old Business for New

Apr 10 2012

NPR.org

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

With Cancer Care, The U.S. Spends More, But Gets More

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Kevin RocheThe Healthy Skeptic is a website about the health care system, and is written by Kevin Roche, who has many years of experience working in the health industry. Mr. Roche is available to assist health care companies through consulting arrangements through Roche Consulting, LLC and may be reached at khroche@healthy-skeptic.com.

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