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Jan 19 2012

New York Times

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Osteoporosis Patients Advised to Delay Bone Density Retests

Jan 19 2012

CBSNews.com

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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

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CBO: Medicare cost-cutting programs haven’t worked

Jan 19 2012

Wall Street Journal

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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

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

Jan 19 2012

HealthLeaders Media

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Eliminating Individual Mandate Would Come With Strings

Jan 18 2012

Bloomberg

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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.

Jan 18 2012

WBUR.org

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The next time you sign up for health insurance, the cheapest option may well be a “tiered” plan, insurance that rates doctors and hospitals based on the cost and quality of their care and then charges you based on your provider’s rating.

Jan 18 2012

Washington Post

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Fourteen have established health insurance exchange marketplaces and another five intend to do so. Then, there are the less active states: 22 states continue to study their options, while two have decided not to do anything at all.

Jan 18 2012

Fiscal Times

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

In the long-running war to hold down health care spending, controlling cancer chemotherapy costs looms as the next great battleground.

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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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