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Mar 12 2012

Wall Street Journal

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

For many Americans, the health-care news this year is more of the same: rising insurance premiums—and for some, reduced coverage—at a time of continued economic malaise.

Mar 12 2012

Bloomberg

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

Genetic Tests to Generate $25 Billion a Year, UnitedHealth Says

Mar 12 2012

New York Times

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

Health Care Act Offers Roberts a Signature Case

Mar 12 2012

Medpagetoday

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

Under the ACA, if the cost of self-only coverage for an individual employee does not exceed 9.5% of the person’s household income, then the coverage is deemed “affordable” by the federal government.

Mar 09 2012

HealthLeaders Media

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

Patients undergoing non-surgical care for chronic or acute conditions were back in the hospital significantly more often than patients initially hospitalized for surgical procedures

Mar 09 2012

NorthCountryPublicRadio

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

Forget The Robots: Venture Capitalists Change Their Health Care Investments

Mar 09 2012

New York Times

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

White House Works to Shape Debate Over Health Law

Mar 08 2012

LA Times

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

A study comparing prices for hospital stays, physician office visits, drugs and other medical procedures in developed countries shows U.S. prices among the most expensive.

Mar 08 2012

HealthLeaders Media

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

The big long project is finished: PCORI’s Board of Governors met in Baltimore and voted approval of its first definition of “patient-centered outcomes research,”

Mar 08 2012

Washington Post

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

Regulators consider waiving prescription for diabetes, cholesterol and other widely used drugs

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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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