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Jan 20 2012

Wall Street Journal

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

Eastman Kodak Co.’s problems: The company has twice as many retirees drawing benefits in the U.S. as it has active employees world-wide.

Jan 20 2012

Bloomberg

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

Consumer spending has surged as a proportion of the U.S. economy since the mid 1960s, and it’s not because Americans splurged on cars, clothes or vacations. Instead they were looking after their wellbeing.

Jan 20 2012

The Hill

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

President Obama has signed bills axing provisions of healthcare reform: a tax reporting requirement for small businesses, and a “glitch” that would have made middle-income people eligible for Medicaid.  Republicans have also benefited from the demise of the law’s CLASS program

Jan 19 2012

New York Times

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

Osteoporosis Patients Advised to Delay Bone Density Retests

Jan 19 2012

CBSNews.com

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

Wisconsin will turn down $37 million from the federal government that had been awarded to help implement health care exchanges under President Barack Obama’s health care reform law, Gov. Scott Walker said Wednesday

Jan 19 2012

The Hill

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

CBO: Medicare cost-cutting programs haven’t worked

Jan 19 2012

Wall Street Journal

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

Big Data — the ability to collect, process and interpret massive amounts of information — is one of today’s most important technological drivers. While companies see it as a way of detecting weak market signals, one of the biggest potential areas of application for society is health care.

Jan 19 2012

Bloomberg

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

Aetna Seeks to Acquire Consumer-Data Companies to Expand Market, CEO Says

Jan 19 2012

HealthLeaders Media

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

Eliminating Individual Mandate Would Come With Strings

Jan 18 2012

Bloomberg

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

States and the federal government were projected to spend about $442 billion combined on Medicaid in 2011, with about 61 percent covered by the U.S.

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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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