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Nov 22 2011

Fiscal Times

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Health Care Savings Bonanza: Docs Make House Calls

Nov 22 2011

New York Times

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Disparities: In the E.R., the Elderly Get Less Pain Relief

Nov 22 2011

Wall Street Journal

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At the Mall: New Clinics Let Patients Skip the ER

Nov 22 2011

Wall Street Journal

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Under the negotiations that created the supercommittee, its failure to reach an agreement means automatic budget cuts worth $1.2 trillion, including a 2% reduction every year from 2013 to 2021 in the payments received by health-care providers for treating Medicare beneficiaries.

Nov 22 2011

Bloomberg

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UnitedHealth Agrees to Acquire Medicare Managed-Care Insurer XLHealth

Nov 22 2011

New York Times

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Patients, Too, Turn to the Internet for Fund-Raising

Nov 22 2011

Wall Street Journal

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Super Committee Fail: Healthcare Companies Warn of Risks

Nov 21 2011

Politico

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The Department of Health and Human Services has denied Indiana’s and Louisiana’s requests for temporary relief from health reform’s medical loss ratio requirements, making them the third and fourth states to have their applications rejected outright

Nov 21 2011

Wall Street Journal

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Cigna to Offer Health Insurance in India

Nov 21 2011

HealthLeaders Media

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Uninsured patients spend less time in the hospital than insured patients, according to a study that suggests that ability to pay plays a greater role than medical need when determining length of stay.

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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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